getting lazy these days

Some pictures from days past i just found

sam burning up the jib scene in les arcs

and then dropping airs, he does it all

common theme to this trip-the picnic on the mountain

sam shredding the last know powder in europe


funky lift systems here

some cool grafitti in grenoble

sam and mark

loving europe



And then Kinsey came to town
not kinsey but some art in Annecy

Kinsey fulfilling her 15 minutes of being French for the day by ordering some pasteries

the long lost violin maker right here in Annecy

lunch by the lake, watch out for the seagulls

finding a wine cork in france was just about one of the hardest things i have ever had to do. me trying to find a substitute for the time being

cheese galore, I never knew there were so many kinds that all tasted so delicious.

caught this hilarious photo op in annecy. i wonder for what mag that one was for

no generational gap here

kvetter walking on water

after annecy we went to our good friend David's hometown of Les Laix. The old stomping grounds David

His Aunt Sofie put us up for a couple nights and made us feel at home. Thanks for the hospitality.
They took us skiing at La Rosier with his little relative Anthony and family friends. good time despite the snow

the crew for the day-

some good wrecks into fences

and some backwards starts

and italian teeth

Sofie and Frank showed us the magical world of raclette. my new favorite food

kids to their moms"they dont even understand us when we talk to them?!"

must have been a relaxing lift ride, hahaha

we drove across the border into italy and were pretty shocked at the smog in Torino. Thank god we headed up into the mountains to fins some interesting traditional architecture in Alagna

first gondola ride we met another Frank who was super stoked on skiing. he showed us one side of the Monte Rosa ski area to the other, all at 73 years old. He was a ripper

frank the character

always interesting conversations with frank

after we drove towards venice and were shocked at the fog/smog enveloping central italy. it made for very incognito cooking on sidewalks.

venice-small streets, rivers, and bridges

it was very nice in the off season with no other tourists

went to the venice naval museum- one of the better museums i have been to.

kinsey at the dead end

we found the ambulance boats, and where they get worked on, all at once

I want one of these star globes

cool model ships

stumbled into the fish market

eating some frog legs, chinese style

one of the funnier incidents among my travels. the post man say to put the cards into the box next to the post office. so we look at this box and think it sure looks funny. we tried for 5 minutes to get a card in there and finally got one, out of six. then some lady waling by enjoying our nonstop laughter tells us its the box just 10 meters away, not that one. so then knisey and i tried to get it out for another 5 minutes while laughing to the point of tears. we finally gave up

After 2 days in venice we went up to see the italian dolomites. i think the most striking mountains i have ever seen in my life.

the red rager enjoying the scenic drive

here the lift goes right to the top, no joking around

our second day in the dolomites we went for a nice tour over a mountain pass to see what the mountains looked like


so amazing

ran into some mountain deer

it was an amazing day despite the lack of snow

near the top we saw the italian way to ski the backcountry-the italian downhill, no longer called the chinese downhill

After two days in the dolomites we went across the border to Innsbruck Austria. Amazing city in an awesome location. Met a fellow American Scott. check out his photographs-http://www.scottmbaker.com/
logging in at McDonalds


Scott Kinsey and I after a Powder day near Innsbruck

The backpackers we stayed at was made in the 16th century. everything is a little older here-a door knob

from Innsbruck we went to Mt. Rigi in Switzerland to spend a night up at the farm where Andre's Girlfriend Heidi works to say hi. we were late for the second to last train at 7:30 so we thought we would hike to the farm instead of waiting for the 10pm train. little did we know how long it would take

Kinsey was not a happy camper by the top, but how could i blame her for that aft5er 1:30 of hiking?


met some interesting people at the farm. the character behind me has lived there for 15 years, only leaving to visit the doctor!

kinsey's picture

the next day we went to Zurich and saw some local sights-the pet rabbit hangout zone

we bought some raclette grills and then made some for our last meal. I unfortunately had to drop off Kinsey at the airport the next day. thanks for a great trip kinsey, lets do it again soon.

then i took off to visit my good Aussie friend Andrew in Murren
it sure was a windy road

into the beautiful valley of a thousand waterfalls

up at the schilthorn the next day Andrew and his brother Toby knew right where to go to find some good snow

Andrew

It is easy to skin with views like this

and the BAM, we saw an avalanche off the top of the Jungfrau from glacial shedding. biggest avalanche i have ever seen

the goats around here do some gnarly lines. andrew with the point

Andrew testing the snow conditions

a sequence shot of toby taken by andrew

me by andrew

another point

the snow was even good down low

well, and up high too

it was great snow to be skiing on a couple weeks after the last storm

a cool splicing job by andrew

of this picture where the goats came down. I think they rode it better than me

sweet picture of Toby by andrew

I enjoyed time with Andrew's family here on vacation but unfortunately had to leave due to a wicked cough that had been building up for a little time. Right now i sequestered myself in the red rager waiting for the cough to go away. the snow forecast is looking dismall in europe for at least 2 weeks they are saying. Well see, but Andrew and I are talking about a non-skiing roadtrip which would be a first.