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Friday, January 27, 2006
Skiing Update!
Well it's true and here is the proof, I am learning to ski...
I've had two lessons so far. Lesson one, my instructor decided it was time to learn parallel skiing after 10 minutes!
Lesson two, he took me down a huge green run which lasted an hour! 'Green' I hear you say, pah! Well aparently this is also what my instructor thought and so he took me off piste through some trees as he felt I needed a challenge - I fell over twice on this bit alone! He also decided that I should try skiing backwards as it would improve my technique - he had clearly forgotton that this was day two.
Anyway, I shall continue to practice with the aim of looking like Ellen...
...I''ll let you know how I get on ;-)
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
I love the mountains!
Well here we are on the mountain leg of our break and I have to confess I love it here in the alps as much as ever...
It's very sunny at the moment but also very cold! About -10 in resort!
Last night there was an amazing torch lit decent followed by fireworks, very very cool...
Those little dots of light in the background are skiers coming down a black run in the dark - madness!
Friday, January 20, 2006
Important discovery!
What do you know, Leonard has a long lost cousin in NZ, we found him in a campsite kitchen near the Alps ...
