CaliforniaMama Tuesday Apr 16 02:14 PMApril 16, 2013 - Welcome to the Igloo-Village
The Romantic Igloo
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Welcome to nature amidst a carefully designed environment made of glistening snow crystals – rebuilt every season from 3000 tons of snow at six locations in the Alps and the Pyrenees. A vivid product for exciting events and one of the most innovative hotel concepts of our times – CO2-neutral and sustainable. A memorable experience awaits you!
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glatt Tuesday Apr 16 02:49 PMI wouldn't mind spending a night in one.
limey Tuesday Apr 16 03:07 PMAdded to my bucket list (which I actually do use for planning breaks and special holidays!)
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 16 10:33 PMI'd like to see it, but I don't see the point of sleeping there. It's dark and you're sleeping, just like everywhere else.
ZenGum Wednesday Apr 17 01:14 AMI wouldn't be able to sleep there anyway, not with that Iva Davies pop music echoing around inside my head.
DanaC Wednesday Apr 17 03:18 AMI think I'd feel a little clasutrophobic in there. It's a little bit too cavelike for comfort. And I'd be very aware that I was sleeping under what is, to all intents and purposes a paused avalanche...
Silly I know.
Looks gorgeous though!
infinite monkey Wednesday Apr 17 08:58 AMIgloo? Ice? Cold?
Uh...yeah. No.
Gravdigr Wednesday Apr 17 03:27 PM...like the polar bear skin they are lying on?
BigV Wednesday Apr 17 03:58 PMprobably not a polar bear skin, looks more like sheepskin to me.
I've overnighted in an igloo. It's surprisingly warm. Let's face it, snow is a magnificent insulator. It's crucial to build it so there's a cold sink. You need to sleep on a shelf with a lower space below the sleeping area where the coldest air will collect. It's also important to leave a hole in the top to let the warm air escape, or you'll get condensation and maybe drips. Of course, you need an insulating pad because the snow's cold, but that's easy.
the one in the pictures is HUGE, the one I slept in was much smaller. Making them is also warm work I can tell you.
glatt Wednesday Apr 17 03:59 PMexactly. and the diesel fuel the heavy machinery uses to pile up the 3000 tons of snow.
infinite monkey Wednesday Apr 17 04:07 PMWhat's. The. Point?
Ooooh, it's WARM.
Yeah, so's a hotel, and I get room service and I can sleep nude. I can take a pee in the middle of the night without freezing my pretty little patootie off.
It's as pointless as a Jimmy John's restaurant.
(And I've come full circle. My work here is done.)
CaliforniaMama Friday Apr 19 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by DanaC
I think I'd feel a little clasutrophobic in there. It's a little bit too cavelike for comfort. And I'd be very aware that I was sleeping under what is, to all intents and purposes a paused avalanche...
Silly I know.
Looks gorgeous though!
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O K . Thanks for that insightful image . . .
It feels like the day I realized that taking a cruise meant being in a boat in the middle of the ocean all alone and vulnerable . . .
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