Mobissimo

Many think that a trip to Europe for a snow vacation is too far, but in reality with the tourism industry hurting, you can find great deals to many destinations in Europe.  Read more here about Austria.

(Tribune Media Services) -- I've never seen such wide open slopes -- no trees, no houses, just field after field of newly fallen snow.

And I've never seen my 18-year-old daughter Mel, an avid and expert skier, as happy to ski with mom. Just goes to show what a postcard-perfect ski day -- blue skies, sunshine, spectacular mountain vistas and first tracks on a glacier -- can do!