Life of Doo

Below: a shot of Dragos, the guy who got me into this trip. Thanks man!

Sitting in bed and reading a leaflet about the city I noticed they had a zoo, me being a sucker for one, I decided to give up one day of boarding to get to visit it and then maybe walk around the city at daytime. Did I regret my choice? Not at all, the zoo was great and I got to buy some cool stuff from various shops around the city, which were closed by the time we were back from the slopes.

During my stay in Innsbruck I made it quite the habit to sit on a bench in front of this cathedral and just stare up at it and then head for the hostel and sleep. I’m not religious but it was just a peaceful sight in a peaceful city.

First on the list of priorities? Get a helmet and some glasses. I couldn’t afford to board hard as long as I had my head exposed. On one day I even saw a guy probably kick the bucket due to not wearing protection. He fell onto ice off of a kicker… poor bastard.

Below: shot of my new helm.

Innsbruck. About time.

On this trip I think I’ve had enough of train riding for the next couple of months: in total there were around 40 hours of sitting on the train. But I did get to read two books in this time, so I can’t say I wasted much.

Tomorrow I’m leaving for Innsbruck for kick-ass snowboarding and fun. It should turn out to be legendary.

Can you believe this is the view some people get in the morning?

In other news: today I was Santa for the first time in my life. Was a bit nervous about the whole affair. I hope I managed it well enough.

Managed to be two hours late for the Christmas party at work due to the train running late. It wouldn’t have been that bad if I hadn’t woken up at 0600 hours to be on time.

I had to get really quick to Brasov grab my snowboarding gear and then be back at work the following day. Corina was sweet enough to come along with me.