Sun and Snow

Today it was somewhat of a chock waking up and see the qiucksilver standing at -33 degrees. Not too inspiring for a day on the slopes. However, we learned that today there was "inversion", meaning that dispite -33 in the village there was "only" -15 on the peak. That meant once up there we had a very nice day of skiing in the sun, not half as cold as yesterday and great slopes. Italian after-ski with prosecco and aperol! :-)

So not a winter-person!

So; went north for a week of skiing holiday with friends. Lovely!! How nice you would say. And it is. I do like skiing. What I don't like however is the cold! No matter how try to like winter; I am just so not a winter-person! Winter for me is just a matter of coping, endure and survive. I really wish I could like winter, I do! And I really try to, but it just don't work. It will never get abow the level of "ok".
As I said; I do really like going fast down a nice slope. The thing is there is just so many other things around it making it more of a hassle. And worst of all; it is cold. You have to put on such a lot of clothes and it just isn't comfortable. There's simply nothing comfortable about winter (unless you stay indoors!). Today we went shopping for some additional winter outfits and sometimes you are asked the question "does it feel comfortable?" But hey! There is nothing comfortable about skiing-boots, layer after layer of clothes, ski-goggles, helmets or thick gloves. It is all just a matter of trying to find something that works and isn't too uncomfortable or simply unbareble.
Ok, you do some nice things and get involved in plenty of physical activities, which is nice. But I can not help thinking it would all have been so much nicer if it had been 30 degrees above zero and sunny.