March, the month when spring starts and the temperatures are climbing up the thermometer again. It really seems to be true. The sun is shining here in London and it’s getting warmer and warmer. But still, I would love to be somewhere else. Why? Well, it probably has to do with last weekend, which I spent with my flatmates in the Austrian Tirol, which was just fantastic.
We left rainy, windy London on Friday night after work to dash off on a weekend ski trip to Innsbruck. We went to Axamer Lizum just 30 minutes drive from Innsbruck’s centre. As I was studying there, in Innsbruck of course, not in Axamer Lizum, I know this area quite well. Although sometimes my “lessons” took place on the ski pistes, which was definitely not my fault! There’s a free shuttle bus directly from Innsbruck with a stop just in front of the university, so I frequently couldn’t resist hopping on board. The ski area is small but beautiful! In 1976 some of the Olympic ski races took place at Axamer Lizum. Somehow you still can feel that Innsbruck was host city of the Olympic Winter Games, especially in winter, when you see the crowds in their ski boots, carrying skis through the city, waiting for the next bus which takes them directly to the slopes within minutes. Innsbruck is for me a city which perfectly combines sports, nature and culture.
All I have to do is close my eyes and I am back on the slopes! Although it was quite warm, the pistes were in perfect condition. I could take big turns and carve down as the slopes were almost empty. One run in particular was perfect – I was gliding down the mountain, long turns, skis edging the snow, I was almost lying in the snow then, as if by magic, I got up again and took the next turn … just … well just incredible, amazing. I love it! When I think of this weekend away, I’m still smiling. People probably think I am not the brightest star in the sky, but who cares!
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