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What a great weekend.
On saturday I joined the DAV group for a little skitour at the Ochsenlager near Hittisau. On sunday I got the chance to go ice skating near Reichanau. As the weather forecast ist predicting warm weather for the next days, I had to take this change even though it wasn't much ice. But it is always worth it.








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