After New Year, Sean had another week of holiday before heading back to work. We spent the time pottering around the house, reading and relaxing. Went for a mountain bike ride once, which was really worth it! We did decide to go away for our anniversary weekend though. We wanted to go skiing, so off to the shop with us, and 2 sets of skis later, we were fully kitted out for a weekend of skiing. We booked the same place that we stayed in December, the self-catering in Camprodon. Drove up on the 14th when Sean got home from work. I had pre cooked us some meals, so we didn't have to do any cooking while we were there! We drank a bottle of bubbly in celebration, and had an early night, ready for an early start of skiing!!!
We arrived at Vallter 2000, bought our ski passes, and hit the slopes! We started on the baby slope, just to get back into it, but it wasn't long before we were on the longer slopes. And the slope that we thought was so steep the previous time, seemed to much easier to us now!
We skiied until 5pm, when they closed, then headed back to the place we were staying, for an early supper and an early night. We had decided to get the ski pass for the whole area for the Sunday, so we wanted to make an early start!
We were at Vallter 2000 by 9am on Sunday morning. One of the first people on the lifts! After a few times down the bigger green slopes, we decided to tackle a blue slope. Unfortunately, there had not been enough snow, so the blue slope was closed, but the red slope was open!
So, after lunch, we took our chances, and went down! Slowly!
It was awesome! We went down twice, and can only imagine how it must feel if you can actually ski properly! Needless to say, while we were on the slope, there were many kids, looked to be about 5 or 6, who came screaming past us! We were so happy that we had done it though. It was getting quite late, so we ended up on the green slope again. By this time we had been skiing 8 hours on Saturday, and now nearly 8 hours on the Sunday, and this is how I was taken down the mountain!
Not entirely fun, but that's just what happens sometimes I suppose! I ended up crossing my skis to such an extent that I tore the ligament in the side of my knee. It's now in a cast, and I'm going to the doctor on the 28th so that he can take off the cast and see what's going on. I think there'll be no skiing for me for at least the rest of this season! I'll just have to sit back and watch while Sean skis! Sean has been waiting on me hand and foot - I couldn't have gotten a better husband!
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