A New Type of Weather
January 30, 2008
Today’s famous new weather from Yahoo! is called Wintry Mix.
Wintry Mix is great, it offers all types of weather you can expect during the months November to January. I’m really looking forward to this Saturday. Actually on Saturday I will find myself down around Hitler’s favourite holiday area in Berchtesgaden, in Southern Bavaria. Kehlsteinhaus also known as the Eagle’s Nest, was a present for his 50th birthday, and costed an estimated €150 million in today’s money to be constructed. Hilter wasn’t a great fan of heights and it is reported that he went to Eagle’s Nest a few times, maybe 10 or so for as little as 1/2 an hour.
View from Lenggriess
January 15, 2008
Every time I go snowboarding I am totally awestruck with the beauty of it all. Seeing the clouds part and looking across the valley. Here are some shots that my friend dave took last weekend at Lenggriess, Germany. Lenggriess is about 50km south of Munich and is about 1600m high.
Irish Skiing
In other news my skiing website is going from strength to strength. I’m in the process of adding more and more content, and busy writing articles when I get the chance. I think I really missed the rush of visitors this year, but for next year , 2009, I hope that the skiing forum will be a happening place. Already I am getting a couple of thousand visitors looking for help on where to ski. I even had one lady phone me looking for suggestions, but that’s another story.
What a difference a day makes !
January 10, 2008
Yesterday myself and L booked some flights to Charlotte. Being the bargain hunter that I am I searched all the usual sites to see what was on offer. Preferable I would like to fly direct, but if the price is right I will take a stop or two. A direct flight from Munich to Charlotte is only possible with Lufthansa, and it takes 10 hours, and costs about $711. So I checked opodo.de and saw that I could get flights for $400 with DELTA airlines with one stop in Atlanta, and the total flight time would be 14 hours.
While I was trying to register for Opodo, L called me back and told me that it was possible to get it even cheaper. This time on Expedia.com and it was going to cost $360 each, or €250 euros with the great exchange rate. So I was the happiest boy in Munich yesterday, 10 days in the sun and the flights were a great price.
Fast forward to today and I checked again, the same flights are now $808 on DELTA via expedia and still the same price for Lufthansa. So now I feel even more happy with myself !
So it just goes to show, when you see some great prices JUMP ON THEM !