Ski Vacations

We used kayak.com to find the best flights from the New York City metro area to Denver. We spent $267 each for a direct non-stop flight from Newark airport to Denver airport on Continental. At Denver airport we picked up our ski-season weekly special SUV from Thrifty Rent-a-car . Most car rental places had these weekly specials for around $251 for a week. Including taxes and insurance it came out to be around $300 for the week. We stayed in Evergreen, Colorado with a relative. The following day was a humongous snow storm, so we just went to Idaho Springs to pick up some ski rentals from ...

Highlights: Accomodation in a very luxurious Dracula Hotel with Knights Hall, spa facilities and torture room Poiana Brasov – a fairy tale location surrounded by pinewoods and magnificent mountainous scenery, known as one of the best ski resort in Central-Eastern Europe. An international award winning ski school, the largest ski school in Romania using only professional trained instructors, 148 top professionals. Ana Ski School received the award for the best ski school in the world at “Partners in Excellency” ceremony, a competition entered by 78 ski schools world wide. Bran Castle – also ...

Item to add: 1. Sunscreen 2. Edgie wedgies 3. Ski harnesses 4. Medicine (Neosporin, Allergy med, Vitamin C, Bandage…). For food: Fruit/Toast/Ham should be OK. Big water bottle. I am leaving for work around 1 PM. Drive to Leonard's place almost 2 PM. When we hit the road, the traffic were bad around I-680 and I-80 junction. We almost spent 4 hours bumper to bumper until Sacramento. Next time, we should consider to take another route: I-580- I-205- I-5 to Sacramento. Leonard’s GPS is a cool device. With the Bluetooth, we can talk to Fanny/Sho-Jen hand-free. Also, it can be a MP3 player. Next ...