Ski

A whole week has passed without me 'speaking' to the internet. I do apologise, faithful readers, but I've been busy with one thing or another.

Last weekend, before the start of school term, one of my dreams came true. Yes, I went skiing. Yes, this time on real snow! I've tried dry-slope skiing (on plastic), on a big hill on the outskirts of London, but only a couple of times and that was a long time ago.

I travelled to Nagano with some teachers who kindly offered to take me with them. When I woke up from my sleep in their huge 4WD car, we were surrounded by snow covered mountains, climbing winding icy roads in heavy snowfall. This was my first time being in such a snowy environment, and I found it very beautiful indeed.

We only stayed for a couple of nights, but it gave me more than enough time to enjoy skiing. Not falling over on the first afternoon, I was extremely proud, and I seemed to recall the basics learnt back in London. Some areas of the slopes, even on the beginner courses were extremely steep and quite frightening, but in the end that made it all the more fun.

On the second day I fell over on a number of occasions trying to master parallel turns. Parallel turns are much more fun than turning in the 'delta' position, less painful on the knees, and of course, more challenging.

The heavy snow of the first afternoon became lighter by the second day. By the third day, the skies were an amazingly beautiful blue and the sights from the mountainside were stunning. I am not sure how many miles the eye could see, but mountains trailed off into the far distance and small towns could be seen between the mountains.

By the end of the day I was tired and my ski boots were really starting to dig into my poor shins, and I felt I had learnt enough for the trip. Whizzing down a mountain on skis is top notch fun and I thoroughly recommend going. Of course, I still want to try snowboarding.

Comments

[Katetricia]

so happened passing by, hence dropped by to say hi!

your ski trip sounded interesting. any pics taken? :)

[Darren]

Thanks for coming by Katetricia.

Yes, the trip was very interesting. Of course, I took some pictures! Some of which I'll have to wait until I finish off the film in my camera to see, though.