When I think of igloos, I think of the Eskimos. On your knees you crawl through the L-shaped tunnel to reach the main room. A dwelling, void of beds but carpeted with thick animal furs where you cuddle up to keep from freezing to death.
Time has passed. You need not go to the Arctic Circle or the North Pole or their nearby neighborhood to get invited to stay in an igloo anymore. We can now sample living in an igloo thanks to Adrian Guenter, a Swiss snowboarding fanatic. He is the owner of Iglu-Dorf, a 15 igloos hotel in Davos.
If you asked me where Davos is, I honestly do not know at all until all the hu ha about the world climatic changes and the world’s recession which every country is panicking about. Davos is the capital city of the World Economic Forum. Annually, world leaders and corporate big shots convene there to talk about money problem.
The Swiss weather is conducive so this enterprising guy, presently lords over four igloo hotels in Switzerland, one each in Germany and Andorra in the Pyrenees. If you do not mind the piercing cold seeping into your bones during the night and can tolerate the minus 20ºC temperature during the day, then pamper yourself silly in a “standard’ igloo that costs €119. For the "romantik-iglu plus" you part with €339.
"We built the complex in five weeks using giant inflatable balloons which were then covered with snow," disclosed a staff at the Davos igloos. Not real igloos. "Building in a traditional manner would have taken us all winter” he revealed further. But the cluster of igloo villages are fully equipped with saunas, whirlpool baths, bar, restaurant, an even a conference room!
Job opportunities are open for those fluent in Spanish or German. It is a great pity when I speak Spanish, the Senors and Senoritas have difficulty understanding me and my German is half past six to qualify me a job at the Igloo Villages.
Work there? No way. I think the deep snow reaches my chin!
Time has passed. You need not go to the Arctic Circle or the North Pole or their nearby neighborhood to get invited to stay in an igloo anymore. We can now sample living in an igloo thanks to Adrian Guenter, a Swiss snowboarding fanatic. He is the owner of Iglu-Dorf, a 15 igloos hotel in Davos.
If you asked me where Davos is, I honestly do not know at all until all the hu ha about the world climatic changes and the world’s recession which every country is panicking about. Davos is the capital city of the World Economic Forum. Annually, world leaders and corporate big shots convene there to talk about money problem.
The Swiss weather is conducive so this enterprising guy, presently lords over four igloo hotels in Switzerland, one each in Germany and Andorra in the Pyrenees. If you do not mind the piercing cold seeping into your bones during the night and can tolerate the minus 20ºC temperature during the day, then pamper yourself silly in a “standard’ igloo that costs €119. For the "romantik-iglu plus" you part with €339.
"We built the complex in five weeks using giant inflatable balloons which were then covered with snow," disclosed a staff at the Davos igloos. Not real igloos. "Building in a traditional manner would have taken us all winter” he revealed further. But the cluster of igloo villages are fully equipped with saunas, whirlpool baths, bar, restaurant, an even a conference room!
Job opportunities are open for those fluent in Spanish or German. It is a great pity when I speak Spanish, the Senors and Senoritas have difficulty understanding me and my German is half past six to qualify me a job at the Igloo Villages.
Work there? No way. I think the deep snow reaches my chin!
