Our first night in Folgarida and it started snowing heavily! Perfect for skiing. I don't think they used the snow cannons in the week that we were there because there was such good snow, except when the sun came out and it got all icy.
This is the view of the slopes and shops that we have from our room.
We had to take the cable car up to get to the ski school for our morning lessons. It was quite a chore. getting up at 645am so that we could have breakfast and change in time to make the first cable car at 830am. Sure got us into the sleep early, rise early routine.
One of the restaurants/cafe that wasn't opened for business yet. In Italy, the italians like to have long lunches from 1230-330pm...what they called siesta!
That's ZW, obviously enjoying himself. He's really good at it. Got the hang of parallel skiing really quick too. *envious*
We attempted blue slope no 2 on our first day and it was horrendous. We never made it down that day. Attempted it again on wednesday with much more success this time. It was a long stretch, 2.5km! Of course, you are allowed to take breaks, with this restaurant situated about midway along.
That's ZW at the end of blue 2 where we then had to take off our skis and take the cable car up again.
Pic of the dolomites, very nice scenery if you actually do look up from your skis to take in the surroundings but most of the time I was too pre-occupied with trying not to get my skis crossed.
I am really pathetic at skiing, never mastered the parallel. Still stuck at 'snowplough' which absolutely hurts my knees and thighs. Got plenty of falls but nothing too serious, just massive aches all over the body the next morning.
That's ZW taking a rest. That was towards the end of the week though, like thurs and fri. The first few days, we kept going on without breaks, typical kiasu singaporean trying to get the most out of the trip.
And it amazes me how many different types of ski lifts there are. First the cable cars, which are the most stable, then six-men, four-men, two-men chair lifts and even drag lifts which I managed to fall off. So embarrassing!
That's a picture of the blue or red slope, i can't remember. By the end of the week, we managed to do all the blue and red slopes in folgarida and marileva and managed to cover some in madonna di campiglio too which wasn't too bad as my aim at the start of the trip was to cover all the blue slopes in folgarida only. We also went on the black slope with our ski instructor for one time, but didn't dare go back alone!
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One of the restaurants/cafe that wasn't opened for business yet. In Italy, the italians like to have long lunches from 1230-330pm...what they called siesta!
That's ZW, obviously enjoying himself. He's really good at it. Got the hang of parallel skiing really quick too. *envious*
We attempted blue slope no 2 on our first day and it was horrendous. We never made it down that day. Attempted it again on wednesday with much more success this time. It was a long stretch, 2.5km! Of course, you are allowed to take breaks, with this restaurant situated about midway along.
That's ZW at the end of blue 2 where we then had to take off our skis and take the cable car up again.
Pic of the dolomites, very nice scenery if you actually do look up from your skis to take in the surroundings but most of the time I was too pre-occupied with trying not to get my skis crossed.
I am really pathetic at skiing, never mastered the parallel. Still stuck at 'snowplough' which absolutely hurts my knees and thighs. Got plenty of falls but nothing too serious, just massive aches all over the body the next morning.
That's ZW taking a rest. That was towards the end of the week though, like thurs and fri. The first few days, we kept going on without breaks, typical kiasu singaporean trying to get the most out of the trip.
And it amazes me how many different types of ski lifts there are. First the cable cars, which are the most stable, then six-men, four-men, two-men chair lifts and even drag lifts which I managed to fall off. So embarrassing!
That's a picture of the blue or red slope, i can't remember. By the end of the week, we managed to do all the blue and red slopes in folgarida and marileva and managed to cover some in madonna di campiglio too which wasn't too bad as my aim at the start of the trip was to cover all the blue slopes in folgarida only. We also went on the black slope with our ski instructor for one time, but didn't dare go back alone!I
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