Rotex Skii Weekend

7th of February, Saturday

Larry picked me up with a slight delay, and took me all the way to Clifton Springs, where the Rotex (some of the pat exchange students in the area) organized a skii weekend for the inbounds and the outbounds. It's always good to see my inbound friends. We only meet once a month, so it's a giant hugging session when we see ech other again. We stayed at the local YMCA, and after hours of talking, playing and catching up on stuff, we carpooled to Bristol, where the Rotex bought us skiipasses and rented equipment too.

  First of all, I love skiing! I'm pretty good at it, I've been doing it since I was 11. Since then, every year, I go to skiicamp with my school, which is one week long, and we either spend it in Austria or Italy. People told me, that compared to the Alps, Bristol will be a disappointment, but truth is, I missed skiing so much, I didn't even mind. We skiied for 6 hours, I was mostly with Jonas (from Germany), Saki (from Japan) and Guillemette (from France), because we were kind of on the same skiing level. Oh what fun it was! I think that racing down a mountain with such incredible speed, that it hurts your eyes is the most liberating feeling in the world. 

  I forgot to mention, that we were twilight skiing, from 4 pm to 10 pm. So it was pretty dark. I've never twilight skiied before, but I found it pretty, with the lights on the side of the slopes.

  I remembered how to skii right away, it's like riding a bike. Of course, it hurts like crazy. You don't realize it, untill you're done, because of all the adrenaline, but everybody gets sore muscles afterwards. 

  We got back to the YMCA at around 11 pm. Everyone was tired but happy. We talked untill half past midnight. We slep on the cement floor of the Y, which was very uncomfortable and cold. I didn't sleep well, but I was still happy, that I was  with friends, and I skiied in 2015 too.