Friday, February 27, 2009

Dolomiti

14.2. 21.2.2009 - ostale slike / all pictures

Summary
This year we went for winter vacation back to Italian Dolomites. We were a little bit worried about the weather which was then great. We had two days with bad weather and on other days the weather was perfect. We went usually at the end of February or at the beginning of March. This year we went there in the middle of February and it was much colder. The result was that the snow was perfect. It was hard and without ice. We could ski all day and at the end the terrain was still perfect.

We also visited two new ski centers. One was Alpe Lusia which was great with wide terrains which were perfect for carving. And second one was Latemar (close to Predazzo). This is big ski center which has everything – steep, wide, long terrains.


Letos smo se ponovno odpravili v Dolomite. Malo nas je skrbelo vreme, saj napoved ni bila ravno optimistična. Klub temu smo imeli samo dva dneva s slabšim vremenom. Preostanek časa smo imeli lepo modro nebo in odlične razmere. Za razliko od preteklih let, ko smo se odpravili konec februarja ali začetek marca, smo odšli letos v sredini februarja. Vreme je bilo veliko hladnejše – zjutraj je bilo vsak dan okoli -12 C. Avto je vsako jutro komaj vžgal. Dobra stran je bila, da je bil sneg odličen. Na smučiščih je bil trd in je zdržal cel dan.



Letos smo prvič obiskali dve smučišči. Prvo je bilo Alpe Lusia, kjer so tereni položnejši, zelo široki in ravno pravšnji za zavijanje. Drugo je bilo smučišče Latemar nad Predazzom. Tam lahko najde vsak kaj zase. Tereni so širok, dolgi, strmi, položni… Prav tako smo videli, da je veliko manj smučarjev na smučiščih, ki nimajo priključka na Sellarondo.



Letos smo se z gondolo povzpeli na Sass Pordoi – hrib nad prelazom Pordoi. Visok je 2950m. Razgled na vrhu je bil čudovit, prav tako pa je tudi zelo zelo mrzlo.


Bruselj / Brussels

13.1. - 14.1.2009

Summary
It was a rainy week in January and I went to Brussels for a business meeting. I had some free time, but after long walk around rainy and cold town I went back to hotel. I was not impressed. Maybe Brussels is great in summer, but winter is not great time for visit. I was also not too enthusiastic about the town.


V januarju sem bil poslovno v Bruslju. Tja sem odletel iz Benetk, saj je bila cena poleta veliko veliko nižja kot Adriin polet z Brnika. Pogled na Alpe je bil čudovit, vendar je me je pristanek v deževnem in hladnem Bruslju hitro streznil . Po nekajurnem sprehodu z majhnim potavalnim dežnikom sem imel vsega dovolj. Mogoče je mesto v kakšnem drugem letnem času čisto drugačno ampak Bruselj ne bo nikoli ravno na vrhu mojih priljubljenih mest.



Polet nazaj je bil »direkten« prek Rima. Seveda kovček ni prišel z istim letalom, ampak so ga naslednji dan (prek Frankfurta) dostavili na Brnik.