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<\/p>\nFor our winter holiday, my family and I passed a week in \u00d6sterreich which is situated just next to the south of Germany. The Region (region, area) we’ve been to is called \u201cVorarlberg\u201d. We lived in a Bauernhaus (farmhouse) which is over 300 Jahre (years) old!\u00a0 Right out of the window there\u00b4s an exceptional view towards the Alps of Europe (as pictured above). At least a small part of them. The peaks of the mountains in this region reach up to 3000 m high. By the way, I write about \u00d6sterreich, because they speak German over there as well. Though with a strong accent. Did you ever hear the accent of Switzerland? Well, they speak a mixture of this and the accent of southern Germany. It\u00b4s hard to explain, but I guess for people learning German it sounds quite funny! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
When we got there, we found ourselves in 50 cm Neuschnee (fresh-fallen snow) which is approximately 20 inches. For urban dwellers like us, we aren\u2019t very used to so much snow because it doesn\u2019t stay on the ground for very long in the city. Motivated by these circumstances we passed our days with Schlitten fahren (sledding), building snowmen and skiing\/snowboarding. The Skipisten (ski-slopes, ski trails) were in an excellent condition, so it was really fun to cruise around over there. Beeing exhausted by these sporty activities we returned to the farmhouse in the evenings to warm up ourselves in front of a Kachelofen (cockle stove) traditionally fired by wood.<\/p>\n
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A \u201cmust have\u201d to eat in Austria or Switzerland is \u201cK\u00e4sefondue\u201d (fondue made of melted cheese). Cheese is absolutely tasty over there! It\u00b4s made of milk that comes from cows living directly in the Berge (mountains). I guess that\u00b4s the reason for the special flavor.<\/p>\n
The days passed pretty fast and as the Schnee (snow) started to melt (perfect timing by the way) it was time for us to return to Germany.\u00a0 So here we are again.<\/p>\n
For everybody thinking about travelling to Europe in winter: Come over to Vorarlberg and enjoy the first-class skiing areas and regional Produkte (products). It\u00b4s worth it, I promise!!!<\/p>\n