The hills are alive with the sound of...

Sofie. Screaming. From the backseat.
I'm exaggerating, she actually did pretty well.  But, yes we decided to test our fussy little road-traveller with a trip to the Austrian Alps this past weekend.  Granted we didn't win any awards for speed but I think we can say that she will *tolerate* an adventure in the Audi when given a steady supply of cookies, toys, songs and stop breaks.

It was so worth it though! One of Chris' co-workers had recommended that we go to the Tirol region of Austria, to ski in the Zugspitz Arena.  We did a little research and found a town called Berwang with a reasonable hotel right on the mountain, literally next to a chair-lift. The place was called the Singer Sporthotel and like I told the countless hotel employees who asked constantly how we were doing, I never wanted to leave! Seriously are all Austrians this nice?  They insisted that we bring Sofie to dinner each night in their delicious restaurant which was way to fancy for an 8-month old. We had always had a special table set up with her chair, special food for her, and when she really could make it any longer (they were like 6 course meals!) they gladly sent the rest up to our room.  Members of the Singer family were always stopping us to say hi, it was so nice!  They have a spa, fun daily activities, even warmers for your ski boots! 

Hanging out with our "Singer family" in the lounge

On Saturday morning Chris went out for a little snowboarding while Sofie and I hit up the indoor/outdoor heated pool.  Since we missed our swimming class this week, we made sure to sing all of our regular pool songs :)

Having a few poolside Cheerios

Sunday we got a babysitter for Sofie and Chris and I hit the slopes.  The conditions were perfect, it was snowing lightly all day, and nothing but powder!