on the road, the first

itÅ› been a blur since we left canberra – first there was the rush of farewell dinners, breakfasts and parties in sydney, then the rush of actual airport goodbyes. we flew into innsbruck. what an incredible place to start off in europe.
from there, we drove to corvara in the italian dolomiti mountains. the skiing was brilliant. huge imposing mountains, with a faint pink colour.
it was looking a little dry when we arrived, so you can imagine our relief when it snowed about 20cm overnight. and it kept snowing most of the week – not perisher style sleet and blizzards, but beautiful soft snowflakes.
the runs were long and great. the food was fabulous and we spent most days drinking from around 11am.
must say itÅ› quite good to wake up and not have to strap on boots and skis since leaving. we stopped in bolzano for a few days, and now in budapest. the food isn´t so great – all hearty stews and things – but the beer is cheap and very good, and the absinthe is available at the supermarket.
music scene, well weŕe yet to discover one that doesn´t take in joe cocker, queen or anastacia, but i´m sure weĺl find something. i noticed thereś a night on here on friday featuring vienna scientists and some of the pulver people.
weÅ•e here until sunday. then we might go to slovakia for a couple of days – we were going to go through gyor, but that seems like a fairly boring town and i´d like to get to slovakia. then we head to vienna for a few days, then prague!

if anyone has any good suggestions for things happening in eastern-central europe over the next few weeks, or good english language print or online media to find out about things, feel free to add a comment!