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Winter is a collective term for all types of sports that are on ice or snow. So skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, biathlon, skating, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey ga and so on. Skiing is ride on snow or a kunstskibaan using one or more "planks", skis, which at the feet (shoes) are confirmed *. That sounds more complicated than it is. Actually it's just the two battens down a mountainside. Snowboarding is a sport where you stand on a board with vastgemaakte shoes descends on a snowy mountainside or piste. The snowboarding was invented by a surfer, who thought you with a different kind of board like a wave of the mountain had to be. Actually there is only since the 70s. And you should see it now: it is hugely popular. Cross-country skiing is a sort of glide and anticipate slats. Or put it another way, skating on cross country skis. These are longer and thinner than skis used in skiing. In addition to the skis do you need sticks to you to continue. There are two different ways to cross-country skiing. You have the classic style, where you essentially marketing with the skis, supported by the poles. You 'runs' than with the skis. The "free style" similar to the schaatstechniek; you get sideways with, or sometimes without, poles. Cross-country skiing you can do on a trail, which is called a track. In the classical technique that two tracks. For the free style ga you have made a smooth trail. Biatlon is actually a kind of cross, which you must geweerschieten on a goal. At certain points on the trail the athlete must stop and shoot a goal. Do you target, that means you lose time, because usually there is an additional circle walked / geskate again for your mag.
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Albania as a holiday is not yet open for a long time. The country is very long been closed to foreign tourists. Albania is located in the west of the Balkanschiereiland. Albania is situated on the Adriatic and Ionian Sea and adjacent to the neighbouring Montenegro, Greece, Macedonia and Serbia. In 1912 Albania became independent. After the 2nd World War, the country came under the leadership of the communist regime of Enver Hoxha. Since then the country has come in isolation from the rest of the world. It is Albania in the nineties the poorest country of Europe. The capital Tirana. Other cities of importance are: Durresi, Berati, Benvenuti, Elbasan, Skampa and Sarande. The archaeological site Butrinti contains important monuments from the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Venetian time. Recently, this special place by an English newspaper elected to one of the top 10 places on the World Heritage. Butrinti is located in southern Albania at less than 10 kilometres from the island of Corfu. Tourism in Albania is still not very developed. Yet the country in terms of natural beauty and archaeological treasures much to offer. Most tourists are day trippers or in transit to one of the neighbours.
