Ski Trip - January 2011 (A Student's View)

Moyle Park students travelled to Ehrwald, Austria, on the 2nd of January for a week of skiing and probably one of the best trips of their lives so far. We stayed in the Sonnenburg Hotel for the week. This hotel was perfectly suited for what we wanted. The food and rooms were beautiful and, what we most wanted, it was right on the slopes. Some of the sights were just like pictures, you couldn't imagine being there. Sitting on the chair lifts, you were nearly falling asleep. It was so peaceful and quiet.

(This is one of my photos, left, of the Zugspitze Mountain, taken on my mobile phone.)

The best part of the ski trip for me would have to be winning the race, but really it was finishing with how to ski by carving. Norbert, the advanced ski instructor, gave our group probably all the experience you could have about skiing. We were very "Content" with him as he always said about us. Carving is probably the last thing you can learn about skiing, it helps you to control yourself while hitting unbelievable speeds. I also liked the fact that at the end of the week every student who went on this trip could do some sort of skiing whether it was the snow plough or carving.

Overall, this trip was a huge success and I really enjoyed the fact that we were always doing something - going to an Ice Hockey game, going to discos, watching freestyle skiing or playing pool.

I'd just like to thank, on behalf of all the students who went on this ski trip, Mr. O'Byrne, Mr. Kenny and Ms Quigley for everything they have done to make our holiday the best it could have possibly been.

Lee Dunne

 

Ski Trip 2011- Some Photos

Liam Breen (5th Year) and Martin Costigan (TY)	Mr Gary Kenny on the slopes	Gavin Keating (2nd Year)
Daniel Cleary and Thomas Peate (5th Year)	Scott Moriarity (5th LCA) and Martin McGuinness (T.Y.)	Alan O'Connor (5th Year) with Mr Kenny and Mr O'Byrne
All photographs taken by Ms Fiona Quigley.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ski Trip - January 2011

The ski trip for 2011 has just taken place. Thirty-five students and three able teachers travelled out to Zurich airport on January 2nd and took a bus to their destination in Erhwald in Austria. This trip for the first time incorporated the option for students studying German to get their ski lessons in German with German speaking instructors and they had one hour tuition with German teacher, Miss Quigley, each evening. Whilst the emphasis was on the ski trip, this option allowed German students to gain exposure to the language in this Austrian ski resort.

The ski trip included the following:-

One week half board in the Sonnenburg Hotel in Erhwald.
Flights and transfers.
Two hour ski tuition per day ( option of four hours )
Hire of ski poles, boots and skis.
Ski insurance.
Lift pass for week.

Apres ski activities included swimming, skating, tobbogonning and, in the hotel, a games room. There was also a visit to an ice hockey match. The students returned to Ireland on Sunday, 9th January.

Mr E O'Byrne

Ski Tour to Austria - January (A Student's View)

We flew out of Dublin airport on Sunday 2nd January. Our flight was at 9.50 a. m. and it took us an hour and twenty minutes to get there. We then got a coach to our hotel, stopping for a food break in Zell am See. We got to our hotel at 8 that night where we were fitted for our skis. We had dinner there and then went to our room.

On Monday we went skiing on the local slopes after a few lessons. We went skiing for two hours then we had a two hour break for lunch in the hotel. We finished skiing at 4.30 and hung around the hotel till 6 and then we went to the village to look around. We came back to the hotel to chillaxe before we went to bed.

The next day we went skiing again but that night we went to a ski show up the mountains where we saw expert skiers doing fantastic jumps. On Wednesday we went swimming at the local leisure centre and on Thursday we went bowling where my team won. We were skiing every day including Friday.

On our last night we went to an ice hockey game and it was interesting, one local team was playing an away team. On the last Sunday we left the hotel at 3 in the morning for a four hour bus journey to the airport in Zurich and arrived back home in Dublin around noon.

I really enjoyed the holiday and would advise everybody who can afford it to go.

Josh Duffy

 

Ski Tour to Austria : January 2011
Relaxing on tour Darren Hanlon and Oisin McEvoy	Students on Tour In the cable car area	Dressed for the snow Keith Molloy	Tumble in the snow Lee Dunne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ski Tour to Austria - January (Some student comments)

Conor Fitzgerald : Going up the slopes when we were skiing was fun when they all fell except me. Ha! :)

Scott Moriarity : The Disco was the best thing on the ski trip because the music was good.

Andrew Kedney : The skiing from Austria to Germany was deadly.

Ian Kavanagh : The trip was deadly because you were with your friends.

Darren Hanlon : The skiing was fun but sore because I fell loads of times.

Lee Dunne : Hiya! How are yeh? The size of yeh. Bushwhack!

Martin Mc Guinness : "Man alive!" The Calvin Klein briefs.

Gareth Keegan : Going down to the Pizzeria, boys. Do you like dogs?

Padraic Fitzpatrick : The skiing was deadly because I had never done it before and I would love to do it again.

Martin Costigan : It was great apart from me getting sick for two days. I really enjoyed learning how to ski.

Mark Kavanagh : It was a good laugh. The skiing was good crack especially falling and watching others falling.

Aaron Cahill : It was a life-changing experience, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend some quality time with your friends.

Keith Molloy : The Pizzeria was funny because everybody there was speaking German and they couldn't understand me, but I got my Pepperoni in the end.

Callum Lyons : The best thing was when we went skiing in the Elm. The gondola was a bit scarey but deadly.

Oisin McEvoy : I loved going down the Zugspitze Mountain becasue you could go fast.

Daniel Fitzgibbon : Amazing. Exciting. The best thing was I learned how to ski.

Kyle McMahon : The best thing about the ski trip was the skiing and the going out at night down the village.

 

 

Ski Trip 2011- More Photos

Adam Gleeson (2nd Year)	Kyle McMahon (2nd Year)	Adam Gleeson (2nd Year)
Andrew Kedney (T.Y.)	Lee Dunne (T.Y.) with Mr O'Byrne	Scott Moriarity (5th LCA)
All photographs taken by Michael O'Neill, a teacher from St Paul's Raheny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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