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Winter Vacation (Pt. 3)

Up at 5. Getting better.

The morning went into picking photos for the day two post and getting it out. I also spent some time before breakfast fixing the blog’s deploy pipeline. The GitHub Action was running almost four minutes per build because Hugo kept regenerating all images from scratch. Missing cache, as always, but I got it down to about 45 seconds which felt pretty good for a vacation morning.

Nadine, her mom and Tilian headed to the slopes after breakfast. It’s Tilian’s first day in ski school this week and he’s in the advanced group. The course runs until Thursday, when there’s a final race at the top of the mountain for all the school groups. I’m already planning the shots.

My father-in-law and I took Kellin sledding at the Ahornbahn. He only lasted three runs before his cold caught up with him, so we started heading back.

Kellin on his sledSONY · DSC-RX100M7A · 9mm · ƒ/4.0 · 1/500s · ISO 100
Rocky riverbed in the mountainsSONY · DSC-RX100M7A · 32mm · ƒ/4.5 · 1/160s · ISO 100
Colorful small hot air balloon stuck in a treeSONY · DSC-RX100M7A · 20mm · ƒ/5.0 · 1/250s · ISO 100
Cat sitting by a wooden doorSONY · DSC-RX100M7A · 72mm · ƒ/4.5 · 1/200s · ISO 320
Broken sign warning of children in a snowy areaSONY · DSC-RX100M7A · 9mm · ƒ/2.8 · 1/80s · ISO 100

On the way back we ended up at the paraglider landing zone and watched a few come in. I got talking to Mario from Paragliding Mayrhofen who, after spotting Aika, told me he does tandem flights with dogs. Up to 13 kg though. Aika is about double that, so no luck there. We exchanged numbers and I sent him a few of the landing photos later.

Tandem paraglider touching down in the snowCanon · EOS 2000D · 51mm · ƒ/16.0 · 1/800s · ISO 400
Tandem paraglider coming in to landCanon · EOS 2000D · 18mm · ƒ/14.0 · 1/640s · ISO 400

Quick stop at the pharmacy to stock up on cold medicine. Prices here are roughly double what we’d pay back home. Kellin had a fever and spent most of the afternoon on the couch. We cooked, rested, and I called it an early night.

Aika resting on the couchSONY · DSC-RX100M7A · 9mm · ƒ/2.8 · 1/30s · ISO 500

Nadine booked something for Wednesday evening at the Visorium in Mayrhofen. I know what it is but I’m not telling yet. More on that soon.


Topics: Photography, Family, Travel