Snow and Wienerschnitzel--No Turkey

Instead of staying in for a Turkey feast on thanksgiving, several of us decided to head to Austria for a little early season ski trip. Actually, we've had this little trip planned since the desert, so it wasn't that spontaneous. We went to a place in the Austrian mountains called Hintertux. It was pretty awesome. Good snow for this time of the year and an awesome set-up at the base of the glacier. We worked our butts off the week before and jumped in our cars after a late Wednesday work day. We made it into Hintertux around 1130pm. Our hotel was really cool. It was the whole ski lodge/spa with awesome service....and we got it for a really good deal since we booked so far in advance with a special rate. The first picture posted is of our hotel the "NeuHintertux" and the second is a pic I took sitting at one of the ski huts.....the drink is a traditional german/austrian drink that is the most common you'll see at the base of the slopes. It's called "gluhwein" (pronounced gluvine) and is a spiced sweet wine that is served very hot. Very good and not very strong. Most of you would really like it if you haven't had it before.
I had to cut the trip short since I had a major sortie to prepare for on Monday. The snow really hit us hard on the drive back--but no worries. On a side note, I might be coming back to the states for a long course in late Jan through February called "S.O.S." (Squadron Officer's School). It's an academic course for all officers with the rank of Captain held at Maxwell AFB in Alabama. The class isn't supposed to be fun--but at least I would have the weekends to travel to see everybody in the states.
Well, that's all for now. Hope to hear from you all later.
Ed