Skiing in the Pyrenees

This past weekend 12 other girls from the colegio and I went to stay at Iñes´house in Jaca (close to Huesca) and we went up to Formugal on Saturday and Sunday to ski! It was a great time. We left on Friday at 6 and it took us about 1 hour and a half to get to Jaca. We had to take two cars: the fornaretta with all of the luggage, and the administration of Goimendi packed Rosario´s new little choche containing all the comida and towels for everyone. After we arrived in Jaca it took a few minutes for the coldness to sink into my skin, but then it did and it was cold!

On our way up to Formigal the next morning it started to rain as we get higher in elevation. Soon the rain turned into snow! But by the time we had our skis on and were ready, the snowing had stopped and we had wonderful day heading down the azul (medium hard) pistas (I forget that word in English for ski trail- oh run). On Saturday, I think I fell down on average 5 times per run. Marianna, a very good and patient skier from Bilboa, was my instructor who would yell at me the exact times to ¨Gira¨(turn) and then ¨sube un poco¨(go up the mountain a little to slow down). And everytime I fell down, or threw myself down because I got going way too fast, she would instantly appear by my side, ¨Has hecho dano, Liz?¨(Have you hurt yourself?) I think by the 20th time she asked me that question and I responded, ¨Noo, noo, no he hecho dano¨she asked me ¨Has visto ¨Los Incredibles? = tu eres Elasteek girl!"

Skiing on Sunday went much better, as Rosario first gave me a few private lessons (we got separated from the others)! Luckily, my neighbor in the colegio had lent me her bright yellow jacket, so they couldn´t ever lose me enitrely! hehe. We firgured out the my real problem was that I just scared of going to fast and not being able contralar la velocidad, so we worked in that area. Though it was very snowy and very windy at the tops of the runs, it got less windy as we went down. I only fell 3 times the whole day! The last fall was at the end of the last run, when it was already flat (but very icy). This time, when Marianna and Ines came to help me up¨, they didn´t ask if he hecho daño but "How can you fall right here!? My legs were tired and there was an icy river that I was vearing towards, what else could I do but fall? hehe

The following day we were all very sore and had many "agujeros" (I couldn´t really figure out what that meant even though I asked a number of times... but I´m sure that I had them!) But for sure it was very worth while!