Nordic Walking

While in the Schonbrunn palace gardens, I saw an older woman using ski poles to walk. Naturally, as skiing is a winter sport, I wondered what this woman was doing. I soon found out after asking a native about it. Apparently, Nordic Walking as it is called is the latesthealth craze to hit older and middle-aged people in Europe. It involves walking with modified ski poles, and in theory will allow you to get better exercise than normal walking. However, all of the ancients using these poles used them like canes - not the right way. They should be pushing with the poles to get more exercise. The only thing these people are doing is looking very silly.