 Poster: A snowHead
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Just a quick report from our 2nd trip to Lofer, Austria. Again cheap Ryanair flights from Stansted to Salzburg, then transfer 98 euros for upto 8 people return!! We left home at 4am and were skiing at midday!! 
We again stayed at Haus Patricia on a B&B board, superb, spotless accomodation, good breakfast, clean comfy rooms, this year they have added a Stube for guests which has a well equipped (until we attacked it!!) honesty bar, tea and coffe making, pool table, dartboard etc, it was really nice for our small group of 6 to go out for a meal then come back to the stube for a drink and a game of pool, we have never had this facility in a guesthouse before. there is also a small gym and a sauna and free wifi.
The weather was scorchio, the runs still open although like everywhere, the best skiing in the morning becoming very soft by lunchtime. This is a low resort and I am amazed that they managed to keep as much open as they did! In fact you could still ski all the way to the village, albeit patchy in places!
Lofer is a very pretty traditional village, very quiet but with plenty of really nice restaurants and coffee/cake shops. The prices from accomodation to lift passes and ski hire are so affordable, we paid 80ish euros for 4 day passes and 4oish euro for ski hire! and 30 euro pppn b&b, will most definately go again and definately recomend Haus Patricia 
http://www.austrianbreaks.com/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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feefee, Mmm. That sounds delightful. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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feefee, Sounds brilliant. I may have to go next season.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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moonshine, any EU citizen can work in Austria without any problems. You don't need any connections. When you register here, you may have to prove that you have work to support yourself and health insurance.
P.S. I could use your services this evening 
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moonshine, as espri says any EU citizen can move to and work in any EU country and have their qualifications recognised. If you are fluent in German there is no reason to stop you from investigating the possibilities.
I am actually in Germany, right on the Austrian border (I ski and paraglide in the Austrian Alps). I'm a teacher and translator and had no trouble finding a job when I came out here with no connections or relatives (I'm actually half-French, so France would have also been OK). I work mainly with adults when I teach, but have had my qualifications and experience recognised by the Bavarian and Austrian authorities and could apply to teach in schools if I felt so inclined.
In your field of Sports therapy I can envisage there being no shortage of jobs as the leisure and health industries all provide massage therapies as routine. For example, a lot of lower back pain is treated with muscle-relaxing massage and heat treatment. After all my knee operations here I have had lymph drainage therapy as an integral part of my rehab.
Basically it is up to you to make the first move - are you up for it? 
Sue
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Samerberg Sue,
Thank's for reply Samersberg Sue and Espri.
I am often thinking of relocating and I am german (from Niedersachsen) myself but live in England with my family. My husband used to be in the armed forces and we met in Germany, got married and came to England to live when he left the army. Classic case.
I do go to Germany for visits as I have family there and when we go skiing we always go to Austria because of the lingo, food and the friendly people. I do feel at home there. We never had any bad experiences there.
I am just a bit scared to go to another country to live and work. I have my family here and couldn't just leave them as one son is still dependant on me. It would be nice to commute between England and Austria but I think it is impossible.
Anyway, I'll dream on and maybe one day my time will come.
Moonshine 
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I love it - been here 15 odd years now. Glad you had fun - come back in summer and see what's on offer as well - it's brilliant 
