Sentence examples for alpine vacation from inspiring English sources

One reason that Mr. Hildebrand bought dollars in March, he said, was that the family's Alpine vacation home had just sold for 3.3 million francs and he wanted to diversify his currency holdings.

Surrounded by the strong aroma of pine and the sounds of tinkling cowbells and rushing river water, I realized that my elegant room at the hotel in town was not quite what an Alpine vacation was meant to be.

For who would neigh-say such a career: one or two shows a week, a little school, Alpine vacations and a retirement to a paddock full of mares.

There are pictures of the ballrooms where Viennese couples whirled to Strauss waltzes; the rough trunk of a mountain pine alludes to the tree house in which Mahler used to compose during his Alpine vacations.

He is not from the Alpine-vacationing, fluorescent fleece mold.

Everything from a cup of coffee to a Swiss Alpine ski vacation has been priced to the stretching point or beyond reach for many tourists.

There is no doubt that it is finally under way: Colorful party posters in the streets and Ms. Merkel's first week of rallies, after her return from an Alpine hiking vacation, attest to that.

Wind River Range contains more than 1,600 alpine lakes.

With the added savings, travelers can take the ultimate alpine French-like vacation and stay at the Fairmont Le Chateau du Frontenac, a century old chateau located in the heart of the old district in the Walled City.

With low-season rates, sunbathing temps, and sublime mountain-meets-lake scenery now is the time to steal away to one of these alpine hideaways and vacation like the rich in St . Moritz

When he composed he did it in a white heat, sketching the outlines of his large symphonic forms in a hasty shorthand scrawl, going as fast as his quicksilver mental powers allowed him, usually during all-too-brief summer "vacations" in picturesque alpine settings.