 Poster: A snowHead
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Has anyone else noticed this ...
Whenever anyone asks any question that begins "which resort ..."
DGO always comes up with "Wengen". Surely there must be something that Wengen can't do.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Lets be fair... he said it didnt do hard skiing (blacks n off piste etc) much and it didnt do nightlife much and it didnt do banana plantations much.
And given where he lives I guess he must have said Christchurch at least once.
And he does have some drooly photos to back up his preference!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I've already said
No decent nightlife
No significant advanced skiing (it's almost all intermediate and beginner) though there is some nice off piste if you know where to go
No traffic (so you can't park the car in the resort you have to transfer everything up by train)
It's 4 hours from Geneva or Zurich airports, Bern which is much closer, does not have a regular service from the UK though some tour opps sometimes do a flight there for their own customers
Some people don't like the trains up the mountain as it takes 20 to 25mins to get from Wengen up to Kline Schidegg, on the other hand it's a good sit down before the start of the skiing and it carries a lot of people, plus it can run in higher winds than the cablecars etc
It will also never come in as a cheap resort because it's in Switzerland, though it may well be cheaper than you think
Lastly it's not snow certain in early or late season, although it is rare for there to be no snow, there may not be sufficiant to ski back to the resort
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Wed 22-09-04 15:35; edited 2 times in total
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| Whenever anyone asks any question that begins "which resort ..." |
"...in France...."?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm looking for a great watersports destination, focussing on scuba diving.
What about Wengen? Or should I be looking at La Rosiere?
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D G Orf, he's just ahead of his time, that's all.
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D G Orf, so Lauterbrunnen won't become a lake any time soon. Hmmm, I was thinking that Wengen & Murren would make great lakeside resorts. Diving to the Trummelbach(sp?)....
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Ah, thought of a question myself - which resort has lots of fun loving, single, tallish up to 6ft more than 5ft6" females, looking for a male ski companion?
DGO - no offence intended!! 
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Ray Zorro, If I knew the answer to that one I might just go to a new resort 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I'm looking for a great watersports destination, focussing on scuba diving.
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Lac de Montriond, close to Morzine, does ice diving during the winter months. Was tempted to try it last year but wimped out like everyone else. Think I read once that you can also go uner the lake at Tignes too, but not too sure about that one.
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How big is the surf there?
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You know it makes sense.
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Lac de Montriond, close to Morzine, does ice diving during the winter months
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Imagine - doing that off a 10m high board. Ouch!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Yes that would require real diving prowess 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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So if someone wants a nice cheap resort in Italy you'd reccomend Les Arcs then PG
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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So if someone wants a nice cheap resort in Italy you'd reccomend Les Arcs then PG
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Obvious really stay in Les Arcs Bourg St Maurice (nice and cheap) Drive up to La Rosiere ski over to Italy.
The helicopter from here to Wengen is a bit more pricey though 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ray Zorro, and you thought I was bad
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Let's get back on topic. The heading was:
When is Wengen not the answer?
As it happens Wengen is not the answer to a number of questions including "What is the capital of Slovenia?" or "Where can I buy dodgy Rolexes?"
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David Goldsmith, I'm sure someone in Wengen could fix you up with a dodgy Rolex. And if you asked your average GCSE student, I imagine Wengen would be as good an answer as any to your first question....
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PG, they'll have had to have heard of it first.
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skanky why?
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PG, I'm not sure about a dodgy Rolex, but nearby Interlaken has a genuine Rolex dealer 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Mark Lehto, it'd be difficult to say that Wengen was the capital of Slovenia if you've never heard of Wengen. That's not a statement on the Wengen, BTW.
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skanky, Even harder if you've never heard of Slovenia. I suppose they could guess the answer "S"......
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You know it makes sense.
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PG, yeah but you can guess any town if you've never heard of the country.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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but the capital of Solvenia may be twinned with Wengen?
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Poster: A snowHead
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What is this a Q&A session for GCSE Geography ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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D G Orf, why is the answer Wengen?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Dan, it's not 
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Omg....
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If Global warming gets that serious I suggest that we will all have much more to worry about 
Whenever Les Arcs is 
