Skiing in the Alps
Here are the pictures from last weekend’s ski trip to Soux d’Oulx! My first time skiing in eight years, and of course it had to be on the biggest freaking mountain range in Europe too… Can we say “professional Olympic skiiers competed on these slopes last year”?! The town was great–tons of pubs and stone houses–apparently there’s a big English population in this area. Lucky for us, Claudia bought a condo right in the center of the town when she was in college–so that’s where we stayed. An extremely fun time was had by all–as evidenced in the photos below:
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Claudia & Fabrizio browse some architecture journals before dinner. |
On our way to the cafe downstairs for the best doughnut I’ve had in three years! |
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Getting dressed for skiing. |
Claudia is big into fur–she has hats, scarves, coats, keychains you name it–all made out of fur! She calls them her ‘cats’. Here’s Luca with the white cat on his head. |
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Because I was the one with the camera, this is the only picture I’m in. Lovely. And we’re off! |
This picture pretty much sums up our ski lift experience. There was only one time when we all managed to get on the same seat together! |
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The weather couldn’t have been nicer. Enjoying the day… |
The Alps |
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We stop to meet some friends for lunch at a little lodge on the slopes. |
It’s nice to sit in the sun for a while. |
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Bunny & Piero stayed at the lodge last night–it’s totally cute! |
Bon Appetit! Waiting for our polenta to arrive. |
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“I hope I get tan today” |
Heading down the mountain at the end of the day. |
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I love Luca’s ducky-yellow ski jacket. I can always find him! |
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The alps are beautiful! Too bad I have absolutely zero skiing skills (can we say 800 bruises? I think we can). I’d stay in the lodge and drink copious amounts of hot chocolate.