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in the european out 1st, lucas steger heads to st. morris in switzerland. fashionable time in the anger, in region, is considered the birthplace of winter sports. then lucas moves onto it in austria, where fun is guaranteed, both on and off the peace. and later chickens, nicole freely explores the sites and slopes in germany is damaged patton kitchen got your willie's packed 1st stopped switzerland. i'm almost there. all that's left is this mountain pass. 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 little earlier in the year here. the mountains in the angle dean are already covered with snow. the lakes located about 1800 meters above sea level, have not yet frozen over my destination as saint moore. it's a place that stands 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. and 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 truck 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 it. needless to say, he want the bed and as a result, st mertz became a popular troubled destination. in winter time, $25.00 luxury hotels are spread across the alpine resort, which is told to about $5000.00 residence. by the way, there is also a leaning tower in saint moritz, the remnant of the st. maricia church stands on an unstable slope and has to be secured again and again. the st. lawrence consists of 2 districts and escalator takes you comfortably from xact, moving stalls or village down to the movies spot or spot the

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 st. mary's lake is used in winter for a rather unusual event. a polo tournament. this lake is guaranteed to be frozen over every year so that horses can walk on it . yeah, yes. if 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 it nicely. it will be covered in about half meter to one meter

of snow. the ice isn't too slippery, since there's 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. well, this class, thank you very much for taking the time today. is it my pleasure? come back any time i will. i noticed st more 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. so 1st i'm going to take your holes away so we can start off together and turn here in switzerland. we say that every one always has a chocolate foot one that's a bit better than the other, which is yours. so it has this done, should i say the right one, that is the right one in with and then we'll put on your left ski. so. okay on that now you're more or less fully attached to me, the heal remains free and cross country skiing. i'd put i i am long lawson.

oh, being careful with the extended leg. just if i do a good rest, right side, bend your knee and ankle, boy and then let yourself fall forward like a board on to the left skin from g. first step is the hardest law. again, bend down on the right or look ahead. not and let yourself fall forward level 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. well then when the landscape moves forward, the right hand comes up on tarzan so can take really small steps at for louden

should it then left her but lift her into her 3rd leaf. ah ah, ah, ma ha mon of him for me. i don't understand why this is so difficult is all i have to do is to stay in my lean on this kid for me. oh, no. related to this must look totally stupid, very nice. a after i finally get going, i can't help but challenge hines. a little bout a little race ethnic i get with

the trail also serves as a training route for young athletes. this is so it 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, oh,

oh 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 skill ski. yes. is one of the largest in 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 the 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 pause. 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 guess 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. will come way 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 outs raymond mariner. 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 barrett glory you both little doesn't get various to guess what? there are some in our group that don't drink at all while they're staying 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 and then spun tanya. okay, relaxing mean strictly more. yeah. okay. but if you're going down the slope with alcohol, isn't that a little danger? thank there we are. i was way at him where widely's help with as i'm hearing the alps,

i'm keen to get out into nature and leave the trout 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 snows heavy lead the days before. you can't really slow down and relax ah, what's ross? 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 the front of me? i'm a bench at worst. lang. oh, oh. first you're a bit unlucky. it's like quicksand. what? oh, where did you end up? oh, i have to dig my way out how to read it. oh, you need to take a step back. backwards for her to quit. and there is not again of i shall remember. just imagine you were out without any snow shoes on went break before our death. you might think, oh your shoes. come off the shoemaker. oh,

i didn't even notice my snow. she was gone with me. it's not on the monotony which i noticed. how does he know shifted somehow and then there were creepy noises . how dangerous is that is a guide necessary will 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 shes out. there is also the risk of avalanches. sony again, but 2 or you go into a valley and have the slope towering over you had on that. and then it suddenly all comes down on you. and it's dangerous and convicted of in sure. you have to be able to gauge how great the risk of an avalanche is really right 0. i'd only continue if i was sure of anita and also at the end of my tour, robert wants to take me to a 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 app re ski bars the champagne hot. 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've gump up the hat of a champagne hot. make sure of that with,

ah, i with lessons that am i, what do you think makes every ski so special? my i push opry. sky is what we had before. the pandemic i double, but because of covered done, we can't have the loud parties like we used to use it because allows people aren't allowed to dance. it needs done some hidden, john, we have to make sure they all stay seed him. it's just different gun. but on the hall is yeah, you can hear the music isn't loud as it doesn't live, but after a couple bottles of gin people start to get into the spirit. anyway, due to the fact that with do you think that the bible will come back? i'm convinced of it. it's just a matter of time. no matter how soon, hopefully next year already. but it's impossible to say that at some stage 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 freely went exploring before the crone of virus pandemic, charming, painted houses and snow capped mountains. i'm in the barrier on my way to the soup with today. i'm going to check out kill extreme ceremonies, highest mountain, and a deep gorge, all of it in and around one of the country's most popular destinations for winter, sports, scottish pot and kitchen. but the thing i'm most excited about is right behind me. the nude silk spits cable car. it'll take me to the top in no time. here i

am at the foot of that 6 bits of excited to board the brand new cable car, which went into operation in december 2017. 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. mm hm. where are you from? i'm from russia. okay, what brings you to the took spits today. emotion,

fantastic emotion. this is my 1st time in the atlanta. this is my 1st time on this to cuz looks good sir. it's so fantastic on the amazing, fabulous view. what do you think of the dish, but 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 what's your good for the day? you're, you don't want that thing. we're going to style pair. hudson, beth, and i knew the german thing. right? yeah. yeah. was bear with me if you don't look like you're going skiing. declined on looking for. we're going sledding, we'll take the cable call down a go sledding on the toboggan, rob. it's a bunch of fun, lou, 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,

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

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 i've asked now. he's been custodian of the pot gorged for 18 years . now, these, after all these years, you probably know the gorge better than anyone and garnish pot and cation 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 with us all the food and even at different times of the day. if you're here at 7 in the morning, it's not at all like 233 in the afternoon without omaha say that i am in some of

the sunshine and the birds are singing on earth. i like the light is reflected on the legend. getting more of them when i am here at 7 am all alone. it's just wonderful. this is only the aaron gonzalez. i like the fact that it's always different as nicholas as eustace emma on the 5th. but when did you like it back? i'm fairly honestly. when it was just below flood level, dog star could isn't it 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, but that's when i like it best. ah, the city of gar,

ms pot and cation was once 2 separate communities. the towns where joined in 1936, but both still retain very individual identity. patton kitchen 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. patent cations luther straw, so with its historic facades, is that central showpiece 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 ga miss patton kitchen. there are loads of taverns that serve delicious german cuisine. i decided to go for a,

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