European ski safari - Road trip to Ljubljana
We all piled in the parent's hire car (a Volkswagen Turbo-Diesel Sharan MPV, i.e. people mover) and headed towards Slovenia via Innsbruck, then heading south to Italy.
It was quite amazing driving through this region on a sunny Saturday morning. Every second car had skis on the roof, and the traffic to all the local ski hills was absolutely chock-a-block. It's quite remarkable to be driving along at 150 km/h along Austrian A-roads to watch skiers gliding past the roadside. It was very common to see gondalas and cable cars coming right to to the roadside. Skiing in Europe is as simple as driving along a main highway, stopping off at the roadside carpark and walking to the lift. A far cry from some of the access roads to Australian resorts.
Here is the brilliant Volkswagen Sharan. 4 adults, 1 toddler, a pair of skis and a truckfull load of luggage, no worries at all. Plus it has room for two more seats in the back if you need them. Everyone in Australia who owns an SUV 'Urban Combat Vehicle' should sell them immediately and go and buy an MPV. Cheaper to run, easier to park, safer for you and your fellow road users. Mind you, with petrol prices in Australia the way they are, soon people won't have much of a choice.
We stopped off for lunch in a small town in Austria close to the border, Greifenburg. Like most places in this part of the world, it was a lovely picturesque little town.
It was quite amazing driving through this region on a sunny Saturday morning. Every second car had skis on the roof, and the traffic to all the local ski hills was absolutely chock-a-block. It's quite remarkable to be driving along at 150 km/h along Austrian A-roads to watch skiers gliding past the roadside. It was very common to see gondalas and cable cars coming right to to the roadside. Skiing in Europe is as simple as driving along a main highway, stopping off at the roadside carpark and walking to the lift. A far cry from some of the access roads to Australian resorts.
Here is the brilliant Volkswagen Sharan. 4 adults, 1 toddler, a pair of skis and a truckfull load of luggage, no worries at all. Plus it has room for two more seats in the back if you need them. Everyone in Australia who owns an SUV 'Urban Combat Vehicle' should sell them immediately and go and buy an MPV. Cheaper to run, easier to park, safer for you and your fellow road users. Mind you, with petrol prices in Australia the way they are, soon people won't have much of a choice.
We stopped off for lunch in a small town in Austria close to the border, Greifenburg. Like most places in this part of the world, it was a lovely picturesque little town.
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