http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Austria , Tyrol , Mayrhofen en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:23:13 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:23:13 BST We headed out of Klosters Switzerland and started a full day of driving. We worked our way out of the Alps and headed North towards Zurich. We drove through the fertile farming region at the base of the Alps. The highway lead us through a Swiss Army base and then came to a set of flags we were now leaving Switzerland and entering Liechtenstein. The country of Liechtenstein was interesting. It http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-176181.html Shilpa boardingFrom the Dolomites we headed back to Austria and to the town of Mayrhofen. A beautiful town excellent campsite a great week of very sunny boarding and slushy afternoons.There was a cool burton snowpark there with a pros and beginner sections. Dara spent some time in the beginner park along with all the austrian teenagers who were much better at the jumps and was managing some http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-155427.html I've got myself a new job in....Switzerland I start on the 23rd of April so will literally finish up here then be home for a week or so and then onto a completely different dialect again Doing a fairly similar job but this time no children involved. Somewhere in the Bernese Oberland more to be confirmed as and when I know What other news can I give you Well I left Vienna on wednesday very http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-141221.html Just a quick note really to let you all know I am still alive. Not had a chance to really update you all for a while and unfortunately now isn't the time either All I will say for now is that it's been an interesting 5 weeks but good at the same time. Attempted my first black slope as it happens the bottom of the Harakiri the steepest prepared slope in Austria Only issue being I still get sca http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-137008.html This week has proved successful... finally got the hang of this parallel skiing business. I've decided it's more mind over matter. You think about it too much hips legs knees etc and you just get confused. My opinion anyway. Must say it's more thanx to the ski instructor this week rather than my wonderful skiing ability Must say absolutely awesome ski school but where the hell do ski instructor http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-123656.html Another new year is upon us so happy 2007 to allI made some resolutions this year and unlike usual actually wrote them down. I should really have kept them longer than an hour too Ooops. For those of you interested here goes...1 Not be reliant on others I was in a philosophical mood2 Do not dwell on things and overanalyse ditto3 No more schnapps this lasted about half an hour if that http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-116749.html So you can tell I'm not working at the moment as I have the time to trek 3km into town and spend ages on the internet. But what have I been doing with myself otherwise Well truth is not a lot. Shopping aimlessly ski equipment and the lark are expensive and drinking coffee and gluhwein galore. But on tuesday after a days wandering I decided i was cold so needed to warm up using the age old solut http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-114427.html So last week was my first week on the job and I have to say it went quite well all things considered. I only had one emergency trip to the hospital which was in fact not a skiing injury but somebody falling through a glass door. It was all good though no arteries severed and a few checkups confirmed that it wasnt serious. No more skiing for the parties concerned but such is life. I also had a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-113781.html Sun Snow Skis Saunas Sleep or Lack ThereofFirst two quick apologies Irsquom sorry itrsquos been so long since my last posting and Irsquom also sorry that my last posting from Dallas sucked so bad hellip I just reread it and it was like literary valium.So since my Dallas weekend let me catch you up on the last 10 days day 1 through 6 were kind of busy. Since my return to London http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Austria/Tyrol/Mayrhofen/blog-48035.html