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resorts 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 moved onto in austria, where fun is guaranteed, both on and off the peace and later chickens. nicole for a late explorer is the sites and slopes in germany's ganesh patton. kin got your willie's packed 1st. stop switzerland. i'm almost there. all that's left is this mountain pass. 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 little earlier in the year here. the mountains and the angle dean are already covered with snow. the lakes located about 1800 meters above sea level have not yet frozen over my destination is st. moore. it's a place that stands for winter tourism like no other. 6 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 100 spotwood and a group of 4 summer travelers 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 to live. and needless to say, he want the bed and as a result, st mertz became a popular trouble. destination in winter time to 5 luxury hotels are spread across the open resort, which is filmed to about 5000 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 nicely. it'll 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 sure. your eyes are tearing up from the cold. oh, well, if la, 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 named it as there's the slightest. the 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 versus his son. she is a 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 in cross country skiing. i'd put i i'm long lawson.

oh, being careful with the extended leg. just do a good rests, right side, bend your knee and ankle, boy and then let yourself fall forward like a board on to the left skin from she 1st step is the hardest. oh no. her again, bent down on the rider, look ahead not and let yourself fall forward and have all and lost very good. well, that's good. we see it now. i'll give you these 2 rings to hold, and you'll keep looking ahead. horner on then when the lensky moves forward, the right hand comes up on tarzan will can take really small steps at for lie. none should it then left her and left her and diverse her firmly. ah

ah ah, ah mon if you for me, i don't understand why this is so difficult is all i have to do is stay in my lean fond this kicked me no later, this must look totally stupid. very nice. with after i finally get going, i can't help but challenge heights. a new field bout the little races 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 her 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 fun. 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 who got cobit 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 the easier blue labeled slopes here at the eat up station just right for a beginner like me.

i came down this low and i didn't fall after 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. will come way from switzerland. i'm from romania, but i live in germany. berlin, western germany, 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 sterren us. but what the ski mean to you personally on freedom fun . we love to party here. esco's amazing. in how do you feel about app risky? is that part of the experience a buyer? yeah, definitely. we started lunch time. what happens after skiing apparatus ski time, her very good. you. 6 both a little does, it varies 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 and then by them ya. okay. relaxing means drinking more. yeah. okay. but if you're going down the slope with alcohol, is that a little danger? you think there we are? i was way them where widely's. 2 with, as i'm here in 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 ross? oh, did he 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. hm. i don't know what's in front of me. oh, ben said worst. lang. oh, oh. so you're a bit unlucky. it's like quicksand. what? where did you end up? oh, i have to do my way out. you know, to read. if you need to take a step back backwards in her to quit and there is not again of i showed women. just imagine you were out without any snow shoes on break because our daughter, you might think, oh your shoes. come off the shoemaker. i didn't even notice my snow. she was gone

with me. i'm at on, i'm a naughty it up. i notice how does he know shifted somehow and then there were creepy noises. how dangerous is that is a guide necessary guide? 3 digit account that i little see that i yes, it's wise to take a guide. i rented some by for a few fall down somewhere and it was stanley features. there's also the risk of avalanche, a song again with 2 or you go into a valley and have the slope towering over you had on. and then it suddenly all comes down on you and it's dangerous and convinced 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 every sky 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 risky 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 have gump up the had a fission pain hot. make sure that, ah, ah ah,

ah, wasn't that a man? what do you think makes epsky? so special operation operates key is what we had before the pandemic debate. but because of covert done, we can't have the loud parties like we used to who's images allowed people aren't allowed to dance. if done some in john, we have to make sure they all stay seeded. it's just different. but on the hall, yeah, you can hear the music isn't loud dick gunther glass, but after a couple bottles of jen, people start to get into the spirit anyway, due to the fact that with youngsters, do you think that vibe will come back? i'm convinced of it. it's just a matter of time and how soon fight, hopefully next year already. but it's impossible to say that. and some state now it'll go back to what it was before. thank you. that's enough.

and finally, we had to picturesque damage pattern kitchen in germany, where nicole for a late went exploring before the corona virus. pandemic, charming, painted houses and snow capped mountains. i'm in the barrier on my way to that's too expensive with today. i'm going to check out 2 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 of the 2 spit too 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 hoped that this will reduce waiting time in line, especially on weekend with and in just 10 minutes, we reached the summit at a breathtaking 2962 meters. on clear days, 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 too, cuz looks pizza. it's so fantastic on the amazing, fabulous view. what do you think of this this your 1st time? it is my 1st time i love it. it's the 1st time i've been in the glacier ball. so this is very exciting, but what you're glad for the day you're you don't think we're going to stay a pair of some beth and do the german thing. right? yeah. yeah. was bear with me. you don't look like you're going skiing, declined on. we're going sledding, 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

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ah, i'm now at the path now. a mountain river fed by the melt water from this duke spent over the centuries the river erode at the rocks and left behind and deep gorge. ah, i'm meeting good. i've asked now he's been custodian of the pot not gorged for 18 years. now he's, after all these years, you probably know the gorge better than any one and garnish pot and kitchen, or even the whole world. what so fascinating about the partner orange them out and if you thought the club, the gorge has a different ambulance in every seasons. us 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. jose that i am in some of the sun

shines and the birds are singing on earth. i like the light is reflected in religion, getting more of them when i'm here at 7 am all alone. it's just wonderful. it is only the added consulate. i like the fact that it's always different. who is at nick this? does he not on this? but when do you like advancing antelli, honestly, vendor when it was just below flood level on star 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're really in wild, pristine nature. but 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 retain very individual identity pot and key a human 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. garbage 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 garbage pot and kicking their loads of taverns that served delicious german kazi, i decided to go for a classic he dish beds with

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