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Skiing. .. continue
... the sky and everything around you. This is quite frightening when you are up there, as you have no idea where is up and where is down, tor where the slope starts or ends.
We've spend the afternoon building a snow man and relaxing.
Wednesday
It snowed right through the night and woke up this morning to an even whiter world (I didn't think that was possible). There is even less visibility, so we are not skiing today. Just relaxing and updating my blog
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Skiing
O my goodness! What did I get myself into?
'Dis so glad soos snot!' Translated: The snow is VERY slippery!
We made it through the first day and we are all still in one piece.
The kids enjoyed every moment and want us to take them skiing, but I think its dangerous for Charl and I to take responsibility for anyone else.
I thought the surroundings on the way to the hotel and around the hotel were picture beautiful, but up with the gondola and on ...
A beautiful little village in the mountains
We arrived at 5pm after a very long day traveling.
The hotel staff are very well organised and we were checked in, in our rooms (the luxery suites have a fantastic view over the mountains), cocktails in hand within 30min.
Then we got our ski boots, ski's, ski poles, helmets and ski lessons booked. And for good measure some massage sessions for the week.
All ...
Doing the snow dance in La Tzoumaz
... Aimz will continue to dream about for many years to come, an off-piste display of gutsy skiers / boarders dropping off the side of the mountain, cheese fondue, mouth watering lasagna, killer apple tart and flawless coffee. Very happy little campers! Even the brash Aussie yelling at me to sit down couldn't dampen the mood. Benny put him back in his place later that day with a verbal onslaught that made us all very ...
Simplon Pass, Simply The Hardest Ride of my Life
... be in a good position to ride into Milan tomorrow afternoon for the game that evening. I knew that I had to get to Brig quickly however. This is where The Simplon Pass started and I needed to allow myself the afternoon to take it on.
When I arrived in Brig I was satisfied that 1:30pm was good enough. It had been a 5 hour ride already to cover the 50 miles and I was feeling really tired but I had to get over this pass ...


