Since the last update there has been a lot of snow, snow ball conditions have been very good and the piste for arse sledding has been exceptional. It has also been quite cold outside so some time has been spent investigating some of the indoor activities available in the town. As an old Winter Olympics city there are many resourses for those sort of activities. Swimming has been a regular on the menu and ice skating (and ice gnomb racing) kept me very busy on thursday evening and the memories are being kept fresh by two nice blisters today.
On Friday the local ice hockey team were playing in the Play-Offs for the 2007 German League. That was an amazing event, really good atmosphere and I hadn't realised what a quick and exciting game ice hockey is. What I noticed was how much interplay there was between the announcer and the fans. whenever he said anything the spectaters would reply in perfect unison. Whenever Garmisch scored (they won 7-0) a giant flag would appear at the bottom of the fans stand and would be spread out by the fans until it covered the entire stand, quite an impressive sight in a big stadium.
Yesterday about a third of the orchestra headed for Berlin and we were left here preparing a chamber programme for tonight (Sunday). Tomorrow is the full concert and then on Tuesday morning we head to Italy.
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Trivially speaking, the European ice hockey pitch is larger than those on the American continent. It's an excuse given for when the Americans aren't doing well in internationals. It has nothing to do with the fact that all the best players seem to come from three Scandinavian countries... But yes, an incredible game to watch, some of the shots are unbelievablely accurate, when you relate the goal size to that of the padded-up keeper, it's even more impressive. Hope you're having fun, and 4th horn, in my opinion, is the unsung hero, like the double bass and bassoon. If it's no good, everything sounds rubbish, and vice versa!
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