Sunday, March 22, 2009

Brian's ski day at Zell Am See

We went to the Austrian Alps for our European ski trip to a lakeside town called Zell Am See. I decided to chicken out and not go skiing. I am a pretty scared beginner skier and being pregnant has only increased my awkwardness on skis. So, I enjoyed the awesome views and slept A LOT. I will do another post of my daily activities later. Brian got in 2 days of skiing, unfortunately, alone. But he did take some pics of the slopes. It snowed every day we were there and there was probably a total of over 1-2 feet of snow each day which made for a ton of powder on the slopes but not the greatest views of all the surrounding mountains.


Our slopeside resort we stayed at. This is why it was so easy for Brian to ski onto the slopes directly from our room. Doesn't it look cozy? Kinda like a deer stand.


Ok, this is actually a view from our bed and breakfast we stayed at. The roof is on the left and the gondolas were right out our window.


More gondolas.....


Brian's super sweet ski pose for the camera.


His adventure through the trees where he almost lost a ski in all of the powder.



The sun did shine a little one day. It was still really nice weather, but some more sun would have made it perfect.


How deep was the powder? Here is Brian's pole almost covered completely in powder.


Another deep powder shot. This was a ski hut that was completely covered in powder, except for the roof.


Brian tried to ask if he could hang with this guy, but he said no.


A shot of skiing in knee deep powder and Brian's second chance to see if he changed his mind and wanted to ski together. Still no.

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