SKIING AND STEAMING

well i went skiing in the Swiss Alps on Friday... Needless to say the Alps are a little different than Big Bear but i took it like a Champion. First of all The Alps Begginers Ally is more like an intermeidate hill in the States so my first run was definatly my scarriest. Second was the perfect snow- granted throughout the day it transcended into ice from all the people but the powder was georgous and just deep enough. The trails were georgous and made it necessary to stop every 5 meters to take picutres. There were only 3 snowboarders the whole day! Not too bad!!

It took us 2.5 hours to get there by bus, and we left at 5 am getting us there at 7:45 or 8:00 ish. The first step was to pass the "thomas challenge" Thomas, our group leader had to watch each one of us go down begginer's alley and determine if we were able to ski on our own. THen if you passed you could wander off and if you didn't you had to take a mandated beginners class. Luckily i passed and began my day of skiing by stupidly getting myself on an intermidiate slope- but don't worry i managed and made it out to a beautiful trail that soon became my favorite trail!Some of us did better than others- here is my friends Shawn falling after getting cockey and trying to do a jump.

We all jumped on the bus at 5:30 PM and made the long ride ho me. We got back at 7:30 and all immediatly fell asleep and went to bed. The next day we all felt the pain... In our legs and knees. With barely any motivation to get out of bed we had a wonderful idea. Germany is known for its amazing hot springs. So we decided to pack up and let our muscles relax at Bad Bellignan.

Now that my relaxing weekend is over i have to write three papers for this week. But don't worry i head to Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday for the weekend!