Different countries, different customs.
The Austrian skier, Nicki Hosp was being interviewed right after her Silver Medal Race.
The cold temperature made her nose run a bit. So, she did what every self respecting snot-nose would do. She pulled a handkerchief and in a very lady like fashion she dabbed at her nose a bit.
Other athletes were also caught on TV blowing their respective noses.
That, my dears, is an absolute No-NO in Russia. We were told, that if you feel the need to blow your nose, you find a solitary place, like a bath room or other hiding place and that's where you do this dirty deed.
The things you learn while watching the Olympic Games in Sochi !!
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
The name fits !!!
Olympic Hockey
The U.S. ladies hockey team, playing in a preliminary round against the Swiss, scored 3 goals within 55 seconds of the first period, a little later added two more, added another in the second and 3 more in the third period, for a final score of USA 9, Switzerland 0.
In a previous game the Canadians defeated the Swiss by a score of 5:0
The last name of the unlucky goalie of the Swiss is Schelling. (pronounced: Shelling )
Bertstravels says: The name fits.
The U.S. ladies hockey team, playing in a preliminary round against the Swiss, scored 3 goals within 55 seconds of the first period, a little later added two more, added another in the second and 3 more in the third period, for a final score of USA 9, Switzerland 0.
In a previous game the Canadians defeated the Swiss by a score of 5:0
The last name of the unlucky goalie of the Swiss is Schelling. (pronounced: Shelling )
Bertstravels says: The name fits.
A Pun is a Pun is a Pun
A good friend sent me a number of Puns. Each one a gem of word play.
The best one, however, was this one:
The fattest Knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
He acquired his size from too much pi.
Bertstravels
The best one, however, was this one:
The fattest Knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference.
He acquired his size from too much pi.
Bertstravels
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Day 2 of the Olympic competition
As far as most Austrians are concerned, the Olympics have just finished. Over and done with.
One of their own, Mathias Mayer, has just won the King of Wintersport, the Men's Downhill...
Everything else is secondary.
Everything else is secondary.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Sotschi
The Winter Olympics will officially start today.
What does this mean for me?
Square eyes... that's what .
I will likely be glued to the Television set, watching such performances as " Team Pursuit Speed Skating".
Where teams of skaters go round and round and round again, until you grow dizzy just watching.
And then, when you were just about ready to give up, there is a major collision, all of the front runners are out of the competition and the little girl from Botswana, who trailed the whole gang by about three laps, ends up the World Champion Speed Skater...
What shall I watch? All the Alpine Disciplines, The Hockey Games, The Figure Skating, The Curling, The various types of Snowboarding, the Ski Jumping, the Cross Country skiing, and whatever else there is on TV.
I am, what you might call, an indiscriminate viewer.
Who knows, there might even be something I could write about in this Blog:
Bertstravel
What does this mean for me?
Square eyes... that's what .
I will likely be glued to the Television set, watching such performances as " Team Pursuit Speed Skating".
Where teams of skaters go round and round and round again, until you grow dizzy just watching.
And then, when you were just about ready to give up, there is a major collision, all of the front runners are out of the competition and the little girl from Botswana, who trailed the whole gang by about three laps, ends up the World Champion Speed Skater...
What shall I watch? All the Alpine Disciplines, The Hockey Games, The Figure Skating, The Curling, The various types of Snowboarding, the Ski Jumping, the Cross Country skiing, and whatever else there is on TV.
I am, what you might call, an indiscriminate viewer.
Who knows, there might even be something I could write about in this Blog:
Bertstravel
Monday, February 3, 2014
THE SUPERBOWL
Seatle Seahawks 43: Denver Broncos 8
I am surely not an expert, nor a particular fan of American Football.
But, the more you watch it and the more you get to understand it, the more interesting it becomes.
So, when I realized that the superbowl 2014 was to be shown 'live' on Austrian Television I decided to stay up and watch it. So from Midnight until 5AM today, Christin and I sat in front of our TV and watched a surprising game.
I say 'surprising' since it showed something unexpected, without actually being very interesting.
When one of the most respected and reputedly very best Quarterbacks of the NFL , Peyten Manning, blows the very opening call, or, as the announcers and colour commentators called it,"has a misunderstanding with his team", resulting in a two point loss, and then cannot mount any meaningful attack for the rest of the game, you have to call it 'surprising'.
From almost the very beginning I noticed Payten Manning walk around with his head down without any apparent enthusiasm, without spirit, almost as if in a trance.
Grant you, he and his Broncos were up against the most successful defensive line up in the NFL today.
This, however, does not account for passes thrown too far, hopelessly out of reach of his receivers, or too short, resulting in incompletion, or thrown to be intercepted. At least one of them being simply thrown almost into the hands of a Seattle defender who easily romps to a touch-down...
One of the colour commentators, who identified himself as a 'Bronco Fan' remarked that this is simply not the Peyten Manning, he has watched display his brilliance game after game throughout the season.
So, what is one to think:
Was it Peyten Manning on a very very bad day?
Was it somebody else, like Joe Bloe, who just looks like Peyten but has never played the game of American Football before in his life?
Is there a third possibility, too horrible to contemplate?
I am mentioning points 2 and 3 definitely with tongue in cheek, so that leaves only:
It was Peyten Manning on a very very bad day.
That's a thought, expressed sadly by
Bertstravels.
I am surely not an expert, nor a particular fan of American Football.
But, the more you watch it and the more you get to understand it, the more interesting it becomes.
So, when I realized that the superbowl 2014 was to be shown 'live' on Austrian Television I decided to stay up and watch it. So from Midnight until 5AM today, Christin and I sat in front of our TV and watched a surprising game.
I say 'surprising' since it showed something unexpected, without actually being very interesting.
When one of the most respected and reputedly very best Quarterbacks of the NFL , Peyten Manning, blows the very opening call, or, as the announcers and colour commentators called it,"has a misunderstanding with his team", resulting in a two point loss, and then cannot mount any meaningful attack for the rest of the game, you have to call it 'surprising'.
From almost the very beginning I noticed Payten Manning walk around with his head down without any apparent enthusiasm, without spirit, almost as if in a trance.
Grant you, he and his Broncos were up against the most successful defensive line up in the NFL today.
This, however, does not account for passes thrown too far, hopelessly out of reach of his receivers, or too short, resulting in incompletion, or thrown to be intercepted. At least one of them being simply thrown almost into the hands of a Seattle defender who easily romps to a touch-down...
One of the colour commentators, who identified himself as a 'Bronco Fan' remarked that this is simply not the Peyten Manning, he has watched display his brilliance game after game throughout the season.
So, what is one to think:
Was it Peyten Manning on a very very bad day?
Was it somebody else, like Joe Bloe, who just looks like Peyten but has never played the game of American Football before in his life?
Is there a third possibility, too horrible to contemplate?
I am mentioning points 2 and 3 definitely with tongue in cheek, so that leaves only:
It was Peyten Manning on a very very bad day.
That's a thought, expressed sadly by
Bertstravels.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Weather Report
Are we lucky ?
Yes, so far, we are very lucky. We had about 5 to 10cm of snow here in Lower Carinthia.
In Upper Carinthia and in the East Tirol they were absolutely inundated by the stuff.
Within 24 hours everything was covered by 1.5 meters .... and another meter is predicted.
Entire valleys with all the towns and villages were cut off from the rest of the world.
Trains had to be cancelled, buses could not even leave their garages... to take a car onto the roads would have been insanity of the highest order... had it not been impossible in any event.
In one town, 35 houses had to be evacuated due to the danger of avalanches.
Will we remain thus privileged, or will this snowfall catch up with us ?
Guess who does not care if he ever sees snow again ?
Bertstravels !
Yes, so far, we are very lucky. We had about 5 to 10cm of snow here in Lower Carinthia.
In Upper Carinthia and in the East Tirol they were absolutely inundated by the stuff.
Within 24 hours everything was covered by 1.5 meters .... and another meter is predicted.
Entire valleys with all the towns and villages were cut off from the rest of the world.
Trains had to be cancelled, buses could not even leave their garages... to take a car onto the roads would have been insanity of the highest order... had it not been impossible in any event.
In one town, 35 houses had to be evacuated due to the danger of avalanches.
Will we remain thus privileged, or will this snowfall catch up with us ?
Guess who does not care if he ever sees snow again ?
Bertstravels !
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