The Quiet Kids

This was one of three team vans at our Pension. Christian, the proprietor of the Gregory, is apparently a big fan of bobsledding and other sliding events. He has a whole wall decorated with autographed pictures of great German sledders. Including Georg Hackl - a Berchtesgdaden native, three time Olympic and World champion, and affectionately known as the Human Weisswurst because the big man barely could squeeze into his white speedsuit.

Just a Manic Monday

February 20th 2012
Last night we had new teenage guests staying with us at the Pension Gregory. They were even quieter than the Slovakian lugers. That's because these were Germans; members of the junior German Skelton team. The most insane of the maniacal slider fraternity. They were actually a little boring. Yesterday at breakfast gabby Gail engaged one of the Slovakian boys in a short conversation endi ... read more

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