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  • A WALK IN THE WOODS
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    A WALK IN THE WOODS

    ByEileen Ogintz March 19, 2009September 13, 2021

    I decide I want to see what else this tiny resort village has to offer so I decide to go on a walk in the woods with engaging ski pro Alois Gstrein, who was raised here on a farm and has lived here all his life, now with his wife and new baby. His entire family – parents, two brothers, two sisters — all live here.

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  • SITTING IN THE ALPINE SUN
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    SITTING IN THE ALPINE SUN

    ByEileen Ogintz March 18, 2009July 16, 2021

    DAY 4 — The sky is post card blue. The Alps look like they are covered in marshmallow fluff with Oreo crumbles underneath. We’re sitting…

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  • We ski through a tunnel from Jiefenbach to Rettenbach
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    We ski through a tunnel from Jiefenbach to Rettenbach

    ByEileen Ogintz March 16, 2009July 16, 2021

    Did I mention our Austrian ski guide Bernhardt Kneissl who has been teaching and guiding here for 43 years — since he was 17? He doesn’t speak much English and my daughter Mel and I no German, so it makes for an interesting day.

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  • A WATER PARK FOR GROWN UPS
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    A WATER PARK FOR GROWN UPS

    ByEileen Ogintz March 16, 2009July 16, 2021

    The kids seemed to love that you swim in a lazy river from indoor pools to the outside, jump out, run outside for two seconds and then jump into one of these huge heated pools on stilts — with salt water, one with whirlpool and massage and blessedly warm. Inside kids and their parents are playing in the expansive pools under the waterfall and in the kids’ pool that is shaped like a Noah’s Ark

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  • To the Kennedy Space Center
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    To the Kennedy Space Center

    ByEileen Ogintz March 15, 2009June 28, 2023

    Just 45 minutes east of Orlando and well worth tearing the kids away from Mouseville, Shamu, Universal’s roller coasters and the hotel pools

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  • A SKI TRIP IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
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    A SKI TRIP IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS

    ByEileen Ogintz March 15, 2009July 16, 2021

    When my 18 year old daughter Melanie and I were touring Austria last summer, she begged me to bring her skiing this winter — her last before she leaves for college.So in the true spirit of let kids lead the way, here we are, about an hour from Innsbuck and just a couple of hours drive from Munich or Zurich.

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  • To the Colorado slopes — and getting the most bang for your buck
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    To the Colorado slopes — and getting the most bang for your buck

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2009June 28, 2023

    Cheap eats and other bargains are especially appreciated in ski country this season — even here in tony Aspen and a few hours away at Vail’s Beaver Creek Resort

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  • The real VIPs on the Norwegian Gem
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    The real VIPs on the Norwegian Gem

    ByEileen Ogintz March 8, 2009July 7, 2021

    Memo to junior first time cruisers: “Go to the kids club the first day because you’ll meet lots of kids,” said Kathy Novzynski,10 and a cruise veteran with three sailings under her belt “A lot of kids don’t know that the activities are so fun,” adds Melora Cook, 9, who is from New Brunswick, Canada.

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  • Behind the scenes on the Norwegian Gem
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    Behind the scenes on the Norwegian Gem

    ByEileen Ogintz March 7, 2009July 7, 2021

    DAY SIX (March 5, 2009) – Two thousand pounds of cereal, 500 gallons of ice cream, 36,000 eggs, 1,600 gallons of milk, 900 pounds of…

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  • TAKING THE SHARKS!
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    TAKING THE SHARKS!

    ByEileen Ogintz March 6, 2009July 7, 2021

    The sharks are everywhere — swimming in front of me, behind me, so close I can see their teeth and the marks on their skin. Some are nine feet long!

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