Sentence examples for alpine culture from inspiring English sources

Mr. McCarthy said that he had been drawn to Alpine culture since childhood because he did a lot of mountain climbing while growing up outside Salt Lake City.

On weekends from the city's Union Station, and through the sunburned après-ski parties on the way back down, the train evoked an alpine culture before the Interstate, and the mega-resort, and the high-season traffic jam.

In that time I've been lucky enough to explore New Zealand's unique alpine culture - and while the resorts will never match Canada for snowfall or Europe for kilometres of piste, there are plenty of things to celebrate about 'Skiwi' culture.

Hermann, known for being a quaint German town that still clings to Alpine culture, will give you a European trip without leaving the US.

The vitality of the Alpine folk culture can also be seen in dances such as the Ländler, which is somewhat similar to the waltz, and the Schuhplattler and in small musical ensembles such as the fife-and-drum presentations in Valais.

Rainhard Fendrich, author of the pop video hit "I Am From Austria," which celebrates the beer-and-Alpine-scenery culture, is now so ashamed of being Austrian, the magazine Profil said this week, that "he is in Majorca and prefers to speak English".

To have the most wonderful mix of cow culture and alpine thrills, we have long stayed in my favorite little alpine village...tiny Gimmelwald, a humble peasant hamlet where nearly everyone has the same last name.

With the city at almost 1,000m above sea level, many visitors to Nova Friburgo are drawn not only by its range of lingerie but also by the Alpine atmosphere and Swiss-German culture, including an annual Oktoberfest.

Caves and castles Slovenia Combine rafting and mountain biking in Slovenia's craggy Alpine forests with downtime spent soaking up the culture - and possibly some fruit brandy - in ancient towns overlooked by mighty castles.

Some were headed to Alpine, an otherwise remote outpost of West Texas cowboy culture, arts and recreation.

Few of the men (most with ties to the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club) understood or sensed the depth of the culture being trampled, or at best, ignored.