Moving to Europe

Me and a few friends are currently considering moving away from our life in
England, and living abroad for about 8 months (Sort of a gap year sort of
thing), idealy in a location where we can spend our time snowboarding. The
problem is, there are so many choices (Though we would narrow it down to
Europe) of where to go, and we would ideally like to live somewhere that is
white all year round (Even if artificial snow makers have to be used). I was
wondering if anyone in this group has any suggestions on good places to
consider. It would help if the location had a lot of familiarity with the
English language, but we would be willing to learn a language if the
location is worth it. Any suggestions / experiences in doing this, or can
anyone point us to any good web site that deals with this subject. All
comments appreciated.

Thanks
Jim

jim, i was stationed in southern germany (near garmisch) for nearly 4 years,
and one of my favorite places for nearly year-round boarding was hintertux,
austria (not too far from innsbruck). another good glacier in austria is
stubaital. most of the people there are fairly familiar with english, and i
had a lot of fun learning german. hope that helps a bit...

-john


"JimTheBoarder" wrote in message
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Me and a few friends are currently considering moving away from our life
in
England, and living abroad for about 8 months (Sort of a gap year sort of
thing), idealy in a location where we can spend our time snowboarding. The
problem is, there are so many choices (Though we would narrow it down to
Europe) of where to go, and we would ideally like to live somewhere that
is
white all year round (Even if artificial snow makers have to be used). I
was
wondering if anyone in this group has any suggestions on good places to
consider. It would help if the location had a lot of familiarity with the
English language, but we would be willing to learn a language if the
location is worth it. Any suggestions / experiences in doing this, or can
anyone point us to any good web site that deals with this subject. All
comments appreciated.

Thanks
Jim

On 4 Dec 2003 07:31:22 -0800,
(JimTheBoarder) wrote:

Me and a few friends are currently considering moving away from our life in
England, and living abroad for about 8 months (Sort of a gap year sort of
thing), idealy in a location where we can spend our time snowboarding. The
problem is, there are so many choices (Though we would narrow it down to
Europe) of where to go, and we would ideally like to live somewhere that is
white all year round (Even if artificial snow makers have to be used). I was
At Saas Fee and Zermatt you can summer Ski.


wondering if anyone in this group has any suggestions on good places to
consider. It would help if the location had a lot of familiarity with the
English language, but we would be willing to learn a language if the

No problen at Saas Fee and Zermatt

location is worth it. Any suggestions / experiences in doing this, or can
anyone point us to any good web site that deals with this subject. All
comments appreciated.

IMHO you should rather start some were else at the Valis and move to
Saas Fee or Zermatt at summer.

If you board 8 month on the same place you get bored.

Johannes