Back from Slovenia

Hi there, we're back from skiing and snowboarding in Slovenia. We had a great time with our friends Mike, May, Steve and Julie and no one broke and bones or got any serious injuries - first objective complete! We also all enjoyed ourselves and improved and sliding-over-snow skills - second objective complete!

Kranjka Gora in north-west Slovenia is a beautiful little resort and a great place to spend a week. I especially loved the alpine scenery - I have missed having the mountains so close. Steve really took to the snowboarding and I have to admit, although I may have had a slight edge on him at the beginning, he'd certainly overtaken me by the end. He even took to filming himself coming down the slopes!

The hotel was great too. It had a swimming pool with warm bubble pool to relax in after a hard day on the slopes. Oh yes, and it also had a table tennis table, which I am ashamed to say, I couldn't beat Mike on all week.

We also went to Italy for an afternoon (5 minutes down the road) to go on a husky sleigh ride. We each had control of our own team of 5 dogs. Mike's tried to attack me as he couldn't keep them under control!

On the final day, our instructor took Steve and I and the rest of our group down the Men's World Cup Giant Slalom Run, twice. Steve asked, 'was that a black run?' The answer: 'Yes. very, very black!' The world cup is there next week, so look out for it! Steve also won a bronze medal on Friday night for being the third quickest adult snowboarder in the mini slalom race we all did (on a more gentle slope). I won't talk about my performance in the race - so don't ask! ;-)

Being back is a bit of a shock, but at least we have the memories and, of course, the photos! I'm sorting through them and will have them on flickr soon, so check back in a day or two!

And finally, the motto of the holiday was the motto of our snowboard instructor: 'Don't push it. Take it easy!'