Many years of many trips...

The NTC mid-season party was held this evening at the Seealpe at Nebelhorn. We piled into a gondola and headed up there after work. They started up one of the lifts and we spent some time messing around on snow bikes and what-not. This was followed by eating and drinking in the restaurant. Martin and Kim jammed on their guitars while Flo provided percussion on his drums. Nice.

Above:  Martin and Kim entertaining at the winter party.

Once everybody was sufficiently liquored we grabbed the snow toys and headed down off the mountain using the toboggan track. I was sober and road a snow bike. The others weren’t. Mayhem. Great fun.

Above: Arriving at the Seealpe.

Below left: Branjo and Cris. Below right: Cris, Derrick, and Katharina.

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I had to work during the day but in the evening Oli, Frauke, and I investigated the Hörbar in Oberstdorf. There were two DJs playing housey type music which was…

Oli arrived last night all the way from Mannheim. He's visiting for a few days. I tried snow boarding with him at Nebelhorn this morning but it wasn't long before…

I borrowed some langlauf skis from work and tried langlauf-ing with Frauke this afternoon. Having only tried this once before at the Waiouru Snow Farm in New Zealand I wasn't…

Kerry and I headed up to Fellhorn for a day’s skiing/boarding. The snow was nice, the weather was nice and I felt speedy. At lunch time Branjo joined us and we headed over into Austria and back again. It was fantastic racing down the slopes accompanied by good company.

Above: “Hello, I am Kerry. I like powder.”.

In the evening we went out for dinner with Branjo and Nils to Essenza the Italian restaurant across the road from the NTC shop at Nebelhorn. We spoke a mix of German and English with Nils and I acting as translators for Branjo and Kerry.

Above: Branjo, Nils, myself, and Kerry at Essenza.

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