On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 10:42:33 +0100, John Hall
wrote:

In article ,
Richard Dixon writes:
Slightly odd for the time of year now we're looking forward to summer, but
we're thinking of surprising my Mum who turns 70 this year and taking her
away before and over Xmas to a European city that has a good chance of
seeing some snow.

Any recommendations? We weren't thinking of ski resorts, more a larger city?

Moscow? Helsinki? St Petersburg? One of the higher Swiss or Austrian
cities?

Finland is expensive, so are Austria and Switzerland.

I would go for Switzerland nevertheless - even if there is no snow at
lower levels it is very easy to pop on a rack railway or cable car and
see loads of the stuff (even in summer) - besides which, the scenery
is stunning and the country, apparently, is dry-cleaned and vacuumed
every night (though the grafitti seems more difficult to remove).

JPG