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resorts in the european 1st lucas steger heads to saint moritz in switzerland. the fashionable time in the anger in region is considered the birthplace of winter sports. then lucas moves onto in austria, where fun is guaranteed, both on and off the peace and later chickens, nicole freely explores the sites and slopes in germany's gamut. patton kitchen got your willie's packed 1st stopped switzerland. i'm almost there. all that's left. is this mount past?

this time i'm going to be pretty high up in the anger the that's a valley in the swiss alps and it's my very 1st time. winter always arrives a little earlier in the year here. the mountains in the anger dean are already covered with snow. the lakes located about 1800 meters above sea level, have not yet frozen over my destination as saint margaret's a place that stand for winter tourism like no other saint moritz used to be a simple farming village, but today you see massive hotels and shop windows with luxury items, it is still pretty quiet before the destinations peak season. tour guide leave the place to go explained to me that winter tourism was the result of a bed between the hotel owner, you hundreds, but woods and a group of 4 summer travellers from england. well then they made a field, he said, come to saint moritz in the winter and if you don't like it,

i'll pay for your trip from london to saint moritz and back. and if you like it, you can stay at my hotel for free as long as you'd like. and needless to say, he wanted the bed and as a result, st mertz became a popular travel destination in winter time to 5 luxury hotels are spread across the alpine resort, which is home to about $5000.00 residence. by the way, there is also a leaning tower in saint moritz, the remnant of the st. maricia church stance on an unstable slope and has to be secured again and again. saint moritz consists of 2 districts and escalator takes you comfortably from xact, movie stove or village down to the movies spot or spot ah

ah, on the walls you can see photos with motifs from winter sports history. with international competitions take place in the swiss mountain town regularly. even the saint moritz lake is used in winter for a rather unusual event. a polo tournament for this lake is guaranteed to be frozen over every year so that horses can walk on it. yeah, yes it out in december, we need about a week of minus 30 degree temperatures every night. i ideally without any wind and then it freezes over nicely. it'll be covered in about half meter to one meter of

snow. the ice isn't too slippery since there snow on top it so far it's always been cold enough. like today it's quite briskly shut. your eyes are tearing up from the cold. oh, well if cla thank you very much for taking the time to do it. my pleasure, come back any time. ah, well, i noticed saint moore it is a pretty cold place in winter, so exercise is required. and right now i'm going cross country ski ish. them did us as the slightest go 1st i'm going to take your holes away. so we can start off together and turn here in switzerland. we say that everyone always has a chocolate foot by one. that's a bit better than the other i, which is yours for his son. should i say the right one, that is the right ones in with and then we'll put on your left ski, so ok on that. now you're more or less fully attached to me. the heal remains free

and cross country skiing. i would i i'm long, long. oh, be careful with the extended leg just or do okay. there's the right side. bend your knee and ankle, boy and then let yourself fall forward like a board on to the left skin from g 1st step is the hardest law. again, bend down on the right, or look ahead not, and let yourself fall forward and of all and loss. very good when that's cavity. now i'll give you these 2 rings to hold and you'll keep looking at her horner on. then when the left scheme moves forward, the right hand comes up on top of that. so can take really small steps at for louden. should ethan left her but lift her and diverse her firmly.

ha ha. ha, ha ha ha mon of him for me. i don't understand why this is so difficult is all i have to do is stay in my lean fond excuse me. ah, related to this must look totally stupid. very nice. a after i finally get going, i can't help but challenge hines. a new thing about a little race ethnic i get with

the trail also serves as a training route for young athletes. this is so weak, filthy. i'm sweating so much that my clothes are soaked but once you get the hang of it, it's a ton of fun gliding over the snow, especially with a backdrop like this. ah,

i feel like both old oh, soon i'll hit the downhill slopes, but 1st it's time for a break. and some refreshments. gangadean is also renowned for its sweet treats. the master confectioners, from the ang adeep, have made a name for themselves as far as venice. ah, i troy a piece of the famous anger, the nut cake. it's made out of short crust pastry and filled with roughly chopped care. m a list. walnuts. ah, it's tasty. and the perfect way to refute with our 2nd destination is oscar in austria. oh god.

god, oh, fun fun with this is a song by voice gun. i'm both. it's like the unofficial austrian winters sports anthem. well, and even though the songs in german, i only understand half of it because it's sung an austrian dialect, but i definitely understand what he wants to say with the song she f one. well, skiing is the most beautiful thing you can imagine and, well, this could be the motor for my trip, right? i'm in austria on my way to escape into your old school. if it's skilled sounds familiar, it might be because the village hit the headlines at the start of a pandemic. as a super spread a resort,

lots of people got cove it in the app risky bars here. now, the resort has reopened for tourists. the puts known as skilled ski, yes is one of the largest the alps. i definitely be the sophie there. with the sun blazing here at 2300 meters. a bit of sunscreen is highly recommended . i was told that there are a lot of easier blue labeled slopes here at the eat up station just right for a beginner like me.

i came down this slope and i didn't fall. i asked her a lot of fresh snow in the last few days. the slopes are in excellent condition. it was that bad, right? i'm not the only one that's decided to use this sunny day to go ski. there's a lot going on at the mountain station. walk away from switzerland. i'm from romania, but i live in germany. berlin, western germany,

even i'm from slovakia, where are you from? i'm from walter down the netherlands. we're from belgium passed away. the main in the us. sway the stairs, but what the ski mean to you personally on freedom fun. we love to party here. it goes amazing in how do you feel about app risky? is that part of the experience a buyer? yeah, definitely. we started lunchtime. huh. what happens after skiing app risky time her very good. you. 6 both a little does it get various to guess what? there are some in our group that don't drink at all while they're ski with others who do treat themselves to a beer when they take a break. and then they head to the bar afterwards to relax a bit more than them. spotsylvania ok. relaxing means drinking more. yeah. okay. but if you're going down the slope with alcohol, is that a little danger? you think so? there we are. i was way at him, where widely's with

me as i'm hearing the alps. i'm keen to get out into nature and leave the crowds behind. so i've signed up for a walk with snow shoes. what's on there? a guy is going to take me on a tour in the mountains. a snow shoe hike is especially beautiful if it snowed heavily the days before. you can't really slow down and relax. ah. what's rose? deeper here? oh, what's happened to you? oh you ah

. i think i like this better than skiing, but i'm glad to have an experienced guide with me. i can't help feeling a little anxious. now there's no need to worry home. i don't know what's in front of me. i'm a bench at worst length. oh, oh. first you're a bit unlucky. it's like quicksand. what? where did you end up? oh, i have to take my way out of the road if you need to take a step back, backwards. inadequate. and there is not again of i shall remember. well, just imagine you were out without any snow shoes on, wouldn't break before howard thick. oh, your shoes. come off the shoe,

rick. oh, i didn't even notice my snow. she was gone with me. it's not on. i'm a naughty. yep, i noticed how the snow shifted somehow and then there were creepy noises. how dangerous is that is a guide necessary guide? you did that. i little see that i yes, it's wise to take a guide. i rented some buy for a few fall down somewhere and it was stanley. she says that there's also the risk of avalanches song again, but 2 or you go into a valley and have the slope towering over you had on that. and then it's suddenly all comes down on you and it's dangerous and convicted of inch. do you have to be able to gauge how great the risk of an avalanche is really rising? i'd only continue if i was sure of anita and also at the end of my tour, robert wants to take me to the good vantage point. he's happy to finally be back

working as a mountain guide and ski instructor how does ap risky work? now, an issue with all that drinking and partying. given the pandemic restrictions with my vaccination certificate, i can get in no problem. i've chosen one of the classier api ski bars the champagne hot. ah, i was told the music wasn't that loud anymore. and you also need a seat. but what else? well, there is no shortage of champagne. i have gump up the head of a champagne hot. make sure of that with

buttons by them. what do you think makes epsky so special? bob bush opry? ski is what we had before. the pandemic saba. but because of covered done, we can't have the loud parties like we used to use it. me. these allowed people aren't allowed to dance if done some hinge and we have to make sure they all stay seated. it's just different. but on the hall, yeah, you can hear the music isn't loud dick gunther. but after a couple bottles of jen, people start to get into the spirit anyway, due to the fact that on for those youngsters, do you think that vibe will come back? i'm convinced of it. it's just a matter of time. yeah. but how soon fight? hopefully next year already, but it's impossible to say. and some stay now,

it'll go back to what it was before. thank you. that's enough. and finally, we had to picturesque damaged patton kitchen in germany, where nicole for a late went exploring before the crone of virus pandemic, charming, painted houses and snow capped mountain. i'm in the barrier on my way to that switch with today, i'm going to check out to extreme ceremonies, highest mountain, and a deep gorge, all of it in and around one of the country's most popular destinations for a winter sports scottish pot and kitchen. but the thing i'm most excited about is right behind me,

the nude switched with cable car. they'll take me to the top in no time. here i am at the foot if it suits fit to excited to board the brand new cable car, which went into operation in december 2017 with the new state of the art cabins can hold up to 120 people. it's hope that this will reduce waiting time in line, especially on weekends with and in just 10 minutes, we reached the summit at a breathtaking 2962 meters unclear dates you can see all the way to switzerland and even italy. it's a panorama that draws more than half a 1000000 people here every year. ah,

where are you? i'm from russia. what brings you to the duke spits today? emotion, fantastic emotion. this is my 1st time in the atlanta. this is my 1st time on this to cuz looks pizza. it's so fantastic. amazing, fabulous views. what do you think of this is your 1st time? it is my 1st time i love it. it's the 1st time i've been in a glacier ball. so this is very exciting, but you're glad for the day you're you don't think we're going to stay a pair of some beth and i knew the german thing. right? yeah. yeah. was bear with me if you don't look like you're going skiing, lined out before we're going sledding, but we'll take the cable call down and go sledding on the toboggan, rob. it's a bunch of fun. but a lot of people do come here to ski. and if you haven't got equipment of your own, you can rent it right here. ah

. ski resort was established in 1949. 5 different lifts. give you access to 20 kilometers of slopes. ah ah . ah. mm. ah

ah, i'm now at the pot a mountain river fed by the melt water from the soup spits. over the centuries, the river eroded the rocks and left behind a deep gorge. ah, i'm meeting who does act now. he's been custodian of the pot enough gorged for 18 years. now he's after all these years, you probably know the gorge better than anyone and garnish pot and cake, young or even the whole world. what so fascinating about the partner orange them out and is it for you? lama. the gorge has a different ambulance in every season, both all the freedom and even at different times of the day. that is, if you're here at 7 in the morning,

it's not at all like 230 or 3 in the afternoon. oh my favorite, i and some of the sunshine and the birds are singing on earth. i like the light is reflected in the legend, getting more of them when i'm here at 7 am all alone. it's just wonderful. it's been busy with only the air in been on. so i like the fact that it's always different. as a nick this, does he not on this? but when do you like it? battenberg? antelli. honestly. vendor could when it was just below flood level on stall could even if after it's been raining hard in the park now is full to brimming. a nature takes over thought, responded, then you are really in wild, pristine nature. that's when i like it best. ah ah, the city of gar,

ms. pot and kitchen was once 2 separate communities. the towns where joined in 1936, but both still retained very individual identity pot and key akin is the older of the 2, situated along a trade route from venice to alex book. it was founded by the romans over 2000 years ago. patton, p. a hughes luther straw, so with its historic facades, is that central show bmw founded about 800 years later, gar. ms. isn't as old and grand, more like a quirky little sister, with lots of pedestrian zones, shops and restaurants with and what better way to end an enjoyable visit to gar, ms. pot and kicking. there are loads of taverns that serve delicious german kazi. i

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