Schifoan

We went skiing last Saturday with some friends of ours, in Schwaz, just across the valley from Stefan’s home town. It’s the only place I’ve ever skied, actually, because it’s just so convenient. In case you’ve never skied before, here’s what you need: long underwear, special padded socks, ski pants, a ski shirt, possibly some [...]

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Snow! Again…

It snowed about 5 inches overnight! This does not generally lead to the kind of chaos we would experience in Illinois since everyone is required to put winter tires on their car as of Nov. 1, but everything does take a lot longer. It’s a strategic skirt day too, I need my knee-high boots to [...]

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Ouchy

We went skiing yesterday.  I had what is hopefully my last official lesson.  I was worried that I would’ve forgotten everything, since we didn’t have a chance to go last year, but in the end, it came back to me pretty quickly.  We skied on the baby slope with Stefan’s uncle (my teacher) for a [...]

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Long time, no write!

Every time I check my friends’ pages, I look at the date of my previous post and think to myself, “Man, I really need to update or my family may have me declared dead to cash in on my inheritance, such as it is!” Well, here I am. Not dead. Spring has sprung here in [...]

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How to ski, and how my job is going

Time for another update.  So, skiing last weekend was really fun.  Of course, my muscles hurt for the next three days, but apparently I’m a skiing prodigy.  Too bad my talent was discovered too late for me to participate in Torino.  Ah well.  Anyway, it was fun, and I only fell down like 12 times [...]

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