ah ah ah well come to this new edition of checkin. this time we check out 3 popular ski resorts in the european out 1st, lucas steger heads to st. morris in switzerland. the fashionable time in the angle in region is considered the birthplace of winter sports. then lucas moves on to escape in austria, where fun is guaranteed, both on and off the peace and later chickens,

nicole freely explores the sites and slopes in germany's ganesh patton. kin got your willies packed 1st. stop switzerland. i'm almost there. all that's left is this mountain pass. this time i'm going to be pretty high up in the angle dean. that's a velli in the swiss alps. and it's my very 1st time winter always arrives a little earlier in the year here. the mountains in the angle dean are already covered with snow. the lakes located about 1800 meters above sea level have not yet frozen over my destination as saint moritz, a place that stands for winter tourism like no other. ah, saint moritz to be

a simple farming village, but today you see massive hotels and shop windows with luxury items. it is still pretty quiet before the destinations peak season. tour guide leave the place to go explained to me that winter tourism was the result of a bed between the hotel owner, you hundreds, but woods and a group of 4 summer travellers from england. and then they made a field. he said, come to saint moritz in the winter, and if you don't like it, i'll pay for your truck from london to saint moritz and back. and if you like it, you can stay at my hotel for free as long as you'd like it. needless to say, he wanted the bed and as a result, st mertz became a popular troubled destination. in winter time, 25 luxury hotels are spread across the open resort, which is told to about 5000 residence. by the way, there is also a leaning tower in saint moritz, the remnant of the st. maricia church stands on an unstable slope and has to be

secured again and again. saint moritz consists of 2 districts and escalator takes you comfortably from xact movie, stalls or village down to the movies spot or spot on the on the walls, you can see photos with motifs from winter sports history. the news international competitions take place in this is with mountain town regularly. even

the st. mary's lake is used in winter for a rather unusual event. a polo tournament. this lake is guaranteed to be frozen over every year so that horses can walk on it . yeah, yes it out in december, we need about a week of minus 30 degree temperatures every night. ideally without any wind and then it freezes. oh, very nicely. it will be covered in about half meter to one meter of snow. the ice isn't too slippery since there snow on top it so far. it's always been cold enough . like today it's quite briskly sure. your eyes are tearing up from the cold. well, this class. thank you very much for taking the time today. is it my pleasure? come back any time. well i noticed st more it is a pretty cold place in winter,

so exercise is required. and right now i'm going cross country ski ish. them did us as the slightest. so 1st i'm going to take your holes away so we can start off together and come here in switzerland. we say that every one always has a chocolate foot one that's a bit better than the other, which is yours. so this is done. should i say the right one that is the right one in with and then we'll put on your left ski so. okay, so that now you're more or less fully attached to me. the heal remains free and cross country skiing. i'd put i m long low. hm. oh, being careful with the extended leg. yeah. i do. okay. those right side, bend your knee and ankle, boy and then let yourself fall forward. like a board on to the left skin from g 1st step is the hardest.

this is norah again bent down on the right or look ahead not and let yourself fall forward level and loss. very good when that's cavity. now i'll give you these 2 rings to hold, and you'll keep looking ahead for dinner on then, when the lensky moves forward, the right hand comes up on top of that. so can take really small steps at for lie. none, should it then left her but lift her and divert her though firmly. ha ha ha, ha ha mum of him for me. i don't understand why this is so difficult is all i have to do is to stay in my lean fond for me. oh, oh, related, this must look totally stupid,

very nice. a after i finally get going, i can't help but challenge hines with about a little race ethnic i get with the trail also serves as a training route for young athletes. this

is so excel thing. i'm sweating so much that my clothes are soaked but once you get the hang of it, it's a ton of fun gliding over the snow, especially with a backdrop like this. ah, i feel like, oh, oh oh, soon i'll hit the downhill slopes, but 1st it's time for a break. and some refreshments. gangadean is also renowned for its sweet treats. the master confectioners, from the ang adeep, have made a name for themselves as far as venice. ah, i troy

a piece of the famous anger, the nut cake. it's made out of short crust pastry and filled with roughly chopped care. m a list. walnuts. ah, it's tasty. and the perfect way to refute with our 2nd destination is oscar in austria. oh god. god, oh, fun fun with this is a song by voice gun. i'm both. it's like the unofficial austrian winters sports anthem. well, and even though the songs in german, i only understand half of it because it's sung an austrian dialect,

but i definitely understand what he wants to say with the song she f one. well, skiing is the most beautiful thing you can imagine and, well, this could be the motor for my trip, right? i'm in austria on my way to escape into your old school. if it's skilled sounds familiar, it might be because the village hit the headlines at the start of a pandemic. as a super spread a resort, lots of people got cove it in the app risky bars here. now, the resort has reopened for tourists. the puts known as skill ski. yes is one of the largest the alps. i definitely be the sophie there. with the sun blazing here at 2300 meters. a bit of sunscreen is highly recommended

. i was told that there are a lot of the easier blue labeled slopes here at the eat up station just right for a beginner like me. i came down this slope and i didn't fall after a lot of fresh snow in the last few days. the slopes are in excellent condition. it was that bad, right?

i'm not the only one that's decided to use this sunny day to go ski. there's a lot going on at the mountain station. walk away from switzerland. i'm from romania, but i live in germany. berlin, western germany, even i'm from slovakia, where are you from? i'm her walter, that in the netherlands, we're from belgium passed away the main and sway sterren us. but what the ski mean to you personally on freedom fun. we love to party here. it goes amazing. in how do you feel about preschool? is that part of the experience a buyer? yeah, definitely. we started lunch time. what happens after skiing app risky time her very good. you. 6 i'm both a little, does it get various to guess what?

there are some in our group that don't drink at all while they're ski with others who do treat themselves to a beer when they take a break. and then they head to the bar afterwards to relax a bit more than them by the idea. ok. relaxing means drinking more. yeah. okay. but if you're going down the slope with alcohol, isn't that a little danger? you think so? there we are. i was way them where widely's help with as i'm hearing the alps, i'm keen to get out into nature and leave the crowds behind. so i've signed up for a walk with snow shoes. what's on there? a guy is going to take me on a tour in the mountains. a snow shoe hike is especially beautiful if it snowed heavily the days before. you can't really slow down and relax

ah, what's wrong? if you keep her here? oh, what's happened to you? oh you ah, i think i like this better than skiing, but i'm glad to have an experienced guide with me. i can't help feeling a little anxious. now there's no need to worry. hm. i don't know what's in front of me. i've been sick worst long. oh oh furthur, you're a bit unlucky. it's like quicksand. what? where did you end up?

oh, i have to take my way out of the road if you need to take a step back, backwards. inadequate. and there is not again of i shall remember. just imagine you were out without any snow shoes on break because our daughter, you might think, oh your shoes come off me. she wake. oh, i didn't even notice my snow. she was gone with me. it's not on. i'm a naughty shop. i noticed how the snow shifted somehow and then there were creepy noises. how dangerous is that is a guide necessary guide? you did that. i little see that i yes, it's wise to take

a guide. i rented some by for a few fall down somewhere and it was stanley. she says that there's also the risk of avalanches, sony again, but 2, or you go into a valley and have the slope towering over you had on this. and then it suddenly all comes down on you. and it's dangerous and convicted of in sure. you have to be able to gauge how great the risk of an avalanche is really right 0. i'd only continue if i was sure of anita and russel at the end of my tour. robert wants to take me to a good vantage point. he's happy to finally be back working as a mountain guide and ski instructor how does ap risky work? now, an issue with all that drinking and partying. given the pandemic restrictions with my vaccination certificate, i can get in no problem. i've chosen one of the classier api sky bars, the champagne hot. i was

told the music wasn't that loud anymore. and you also need a seat. but what else? well, there's no shortage of champagne. i've gump up the hat of a champagne hot. make sure of that with, ah, i ah, wasn't that a man? what do you think makes every ski so special? i push opry. sky is what we had before. the pandemic i double, but because of covered done, we can't have the allowed parties like we used to use it because allows people

aren't allowed to dance if needs done some hidden, john, we have to make sure they all stay seed him. it's just different gun. but on the hall, you can hear the music isn't loud as it doesn't live, but after a couple bottles of gin people start to get into the spirit anyway, due to the fact that with do you think that vibe will come back? i'm convinced of it. it's just a matter of time. yeah. and how soon? hopefully, next year already. but it's impossible to say that and some stay now it'll go back to what it was before. thank you. that's enough. and finally, we had to picturesque damaged patton cation in germany, where nicole freely went exploring before the crone of virus pandemic, charming, painted houses and snow capped mountains. i'm in the barrier on my way to the soup

with today. i'm going to check out kill extreme ceremonies, highest mountain, and a deep gorge, all of it in and around one of the country's most popular destinations for a winter sports scottish pot and kitchen. but the thing i'm most excited about is right behind me, the nude silk spits cable car. it'll take me to the top in no time. here i am at the foot of that 6 bits of excited to aboard the brand new cable car, which went into operation in december 2017. the new state of the art cabins can hold up to 120 people. it's hope that this will reduce waiting time in line, especially on weekends with

and in just 10 minutes, we reached the summit at a breathtaking 2962 meters. unclear days you can see all the way to switzerland and even italy. it's a panorama that draws more than half a 1000000 people here every year. so where are you from? i'm from russia. okay, what brings you to the took spits today. emotion, fantastic emotion. this is my 1st time in the atlanta. this is my 1st time on this to cuz looks good sir. it's so fantastic on the amazing, fabulous view. what do you think of the dish, but this is your 1st time. it is my 1st time. i love it. it's the 1st time i've been in the glacier ball, so this is very exciting. but what's your plan for the day? you're, you don't want that thing. we're going to stay a pair of some beth and i knew the german thing. right?

yeah. yeah. was bear with me if you don't look like you're going skiing, declined on looking for. we're going sledding, we'll take the cable call down and go sledding on the toboggan, rob. it's a bunch of fun, but a lot of people do come here to ski. and if you haven't got equipment of your own, you can rent it right here. ah, ah, the ski resort was established in 1949. 5 different lifts. give you access to 20 kilometers. if slopes. ah ah

ah, ah mm . with ah, i'm now at the pot a mountain river fed by the melt water from the soup spits. over the centuries, the river eroded the rocks and left behind a deep gorge. ah,

i'm meeting who died. now. he's been custodian of the pot enough gorged for 18 years now. hi these after all these years, you probably know the gorge better than anyone and garnish pot and kitchen, or even the whole world. what so fascinating about the partner orange them out and is it for you? lama. the gorge has a different ambulance in every season with us, all the food and even at different times of the day. that is, if you're here at 7 in the morning, it's not at all like 233 in the afternoon without omaha's side and some of the sunshine and the birds are singing on earth. i like the light is reflected demolition. getting more from when i'm here at 7 am all alone. it's just wonderful with only the aaron gonzalez. i like the fact that it's always different as well as nicholas. i just i see you back on this. but when do you like it back? i'm fairly honestly vendor when it was just below flood level. dog star could isn't

it after it's been raining hard in the park now is full to brimming. a nature takes over thought, responded, then you're really in wild, pristine nature. that's when i like it best. ah, the city of gar, ms pot and cation was once 2 separate communities. the towns where joined in 1936, but both still retain very individual identity. patton kitchen is the older of the 2, situated along a trade route from venice to alex book. it was founded by the romans over 2000 years ago. patent cations ludovic straw, so with its historic facades, is that central showpiece founded about 800 years later,

gar. ms. isn't as old and grand, more like a quirky little sister, with lots of pedestrian zones. shops and restaurants with and what better way to end an enjoyable visit to ga miss patton kitchen. there are loads of taverns that serve delicious german cuisine. i decided to go for a, he's a sped with a bit of traditional folk dancing on the side with

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