For more than thirty years, Serfaus: We are the Austrian village of pace'

Not everyone wants every year to go to a new destination on holiday, or to see new places and cities. Els-Smith is going for more than thirty years, the Austria

For more than thirty years, Serfaus: We are the Austrian village of pace'

Not everyone wants every year to go to a new destination on holiday, or to see new places and cities. Els-Smith is going for more than thirty years, the Austrian centre of Serfaus. "In the mountains, I really have to go back."

The 45-year-old Smith has been coming since the age of fifteen, in the village, on top of a mountain, where the road traffic is not allowed. "We were going to sleep in the first couple of years on a farm helping with the cows."

The summers are filled with hiking in the mountains, swimming in lakes and rivers, and visit villages in the area. But as time wore on there was more and more tourism to the area.

"It's really become a very popular ski resort during the winter. In the meantime, there are many luxury hotels have been built, which in the summer are fully booked. That is a shame, because it's more crowded, but it's also nice to see that growth is seen to be the same."

This meant that there were cars coming and walking routes have been mapped out. "But in the last few years, however, with a little bit of down. Therefore, it can be a bit busy."

to the Tourists to avoid is not difficult,

Smith knows the area so well that they know what they are for the tourists, it can be avoided. "Sometimes, you just need to have a bit of go through, and once you are just around the corner, there's no one there anymore. There is still a long time."

The family has many, many beautiful moments in the Austrian village of. "It catered more to people who are in the family did. When I was young, I had my first boyfriend and me. When I became a mother, I am all in with my few-week-old daughter in the car and it drove. With a lot of breaks along the way. We were just looking."

" As a student, it might also be a cheap holiday, for example, if the grandfather and grandmother of the Smith and asked for them to go to Austria to ride for free, in exchange for her to stay. "For me, this was the perfect holiday for a period of time that I don't have much money."

confidence
It is the fact that they are in the area, so if you are aware of, allows for a sensation of comfort to the Smith. "If you have a mountain to walk up and on top of it, it feels like that after a long period of struggle, is very good. There are always cows and bells around their necks. It is a kind of certainty and confidence."

“In a place where you already know it, your brain really is time to rest.”

now, with A certainty that isn't there on vacations to new and unknown places. "If you're somewhere where you're in the way, though, you will want to rest your brain, and more. The new locations provide a lot of impressions, and for me, this also reduces the amount of your account.

Nevertheless, Smith and her two children aged twelve and seventeen years, also in other places. "We used to every year, but in the meantime, we are traveling to in the years to come and also in other places. If we have to skip a year, I want to do again."

the mountain
One of the hard parts of the holiday was climbing up to the mountain Furgler, which is due to the people of the village as a 'local' sees it. "He is one of 3.004 m high, about 3.5 hours away. It is a place that is not available to everyone, and the descent is a bit scary. If you are, you're probably dead, so it's quite dangerous. The top of the mountain walk we have every year, so we know what we are, we are, this is as safe as possible, need to be addressed."

as for the rest, it differs every year how the holiday is completed. "We're taking the car to the valley and visit the lovely glaciers, go on a descent or in a tax-free shopping in the local towns and villages. If we're going to have a market in Italy and, because of that, it is near to the hotel. It is up to the mark-up."

Grow with the new generation

Many villagers, who is the Smith of the past, know you, will still be there. "The hotel is now in the hands of the next generation. I will grow with the family and also for my children to see it."

finally, The best memories are the times when the Smith on the top of the mountain, stood there. "For the first time that I was there with my dad, and my siblings and later with my children. It is always very special."

Date Of Update: 22 January 2020, 01:02