When you drive through the southern regions of Bavaria in December, you are bound in to see long lines of vehicles traveling to the various ski resorts in Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. The majority of them will proudly display skiing equipment attached to the roof racks of their cars. These guys are fortunate enough to be going on an Alpine skiing holiday.
The excitement of skiing doesn’t only lie in the physical act of speeding down a mountain slope – that is of course a pure adrenalin rush – it’s also about being in the great outdoors. About the feeling of being part of these majestic mountains surrounding you. About knowing that for these precious moments there will be no urgent phone calls to answer or emails to attend to.
Something that every serious skier should invest in is decent quality alpine skiing equipment. Not only is this a prerequisite if you want to become a good skier, but it could also save your life one day. Bad equipment is simply not a good investment. If you don’t want to spend so much money, then rent good equipment instead of buying bad quality equipment.
Of course a ski holiday is not only about skiing. It’s also about making new friends and spending time with them. If you should go to ski resorts like St Moritz, Garmisch-Partenkirchen or Zermatt you absolutely have no choice but to spend your evenings in many of the numerous little restaurants and pubs in these places chatting to your new friends about the day’s adventures.
Sometimes it will be impossible to ski due to bad weather. Make sure to pack something that can help keep you busy on days like that. Ebook readers are getting very popular nowadays, while old-time favorites like board games and musical instruments remain as popular as ever for providing some quality family time during quiet days.
If you are an amateur musician and you stay in one of those lovely little log cabins that you get in many of these Alpine resorts, you could spend many evenings playing your favorite instrument. For some reason guitar music goes very well with the whole Alpine environment, so why not bring your epiphone electric guitar and turn a quiet, rainy day into one that’s filled with music?
Whatever you do during your skiing holiday, make sure to treasure every moment. There might never come a time again exactly like this, with the same friends, the same beautiful weather, the same snowy mountains in the background.
Tags: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, germany, outdoors, skiing holiday, St Moritz, Zermatt
