Skiiiiiiiiiiiiing :-)

…back from the mountains!

…nothing “exciting” going on throughout the week… “normal” student life… swimming, training, studying norsk and english… oh… I forgot… moved to another room at Ollebakken… hopefully more quiet (sleeping in a disco is not so much fun…), although it’s just a month to go… well, anyway… had to move, clean, now in the new room – the fridge makes weird noises… having a kitchen and fridge in the room… advantages and disadvantages… 😉

Some really good news: another friend will be visiting in two weeks!!!!! Soooooooooo looking 4ward to your visit TONI!!!!! 🙂

…why planning? or well lets say planning everything toooo much in detail… just go and see what it’s like! That’s my belief… anyway it always turns out differently than planned…;-) Maybe I’m a bit to laid-back? hmm… Well, I don’t want to go into further details…;-) It was a nice weekend, I guess I’m just toooooo spoiled;-)… hihi… (those notes r 4 me to remember;-)…)

So, Skitrip for the weekend was on the “go”. We (Christian, Martha and me) left Horten Friday afternoon, to drive first to Hokksund (Christian’s parents live there, changed car there…) and then further to C. parent’s cabin in the mountains, high above Nesbyen up at above 900 m, at the beginning of Hallingdal. It was good that we took C. dad’s car (Piggdekk = Spikes and 4wheel-drive) because it was snowing along the way and without “Piggs” we would have needed snow chains… Oh soooo cooooool to finally see some snow!!!! It seemed that it had been ages not being in the snow…;-) We arrived at the cabin quite late… It reminded me of a trip to Aspen. Me and some coaching friends were invited to the Fake’s Mountain Lodge in the Aspen Highlands…. sooooo cooool!!!! Some time ago… Powder alert in the backcountry of Aspen Highlands…

Surprise, surprise! Martha and me expected a little, tiny cabin but not this! 🙂 Really beautiful mountain lodge!!!!

Heating up the cabin, having dinner, sitting at the fire-place, chillin…

Next day… We decided on staying at Nesbyen skicenter (small skiresort where the cabin is…) as Hemsedal would have been an hour drive one way and we slept out, so everything would have been quite late… Powder was greeting…:-) I was sooooooooo looking forward to be back on my beloved skis;-)!!!!!! 🙂 It took some time until we finally hit the snow (getting skipasses, Martha had to rent out sb-boots…)…

Skiing. I’m loving it! 🙂 Although, I guess I’m really spoiled! Living in the Alps is just awesome! Norway has really many things to offer, sooooo beautiful nature and the cool thing is that it’s not sooooo crowded everywhere. But here in this area where we have been, aren’t  “real” mountains, that’s further up North… Oh, I really miss the mountains!!! Living at sea-level and at the sea is nice but not in winter-time!!!! I guess it would have been different, if I’d had the chance going up to Tromsö…

It felt good being back on skis, even though after two hours my shins were killing me. That’s normal. Race boots = stiff = autsch;-) Just the first two or three times, then everything is fine… my body has to adjust to skiing. I’ve trained hard, am well-prepared but still, I can feel the past knee surgeries… hmmm… sucks!!!!

We had a fun day on snow. Christian on Telemark-skis and Martha on the Snowboard…

…a guy and two girls. How does a man feel in this situation? In HEAVEN…:-) None of them was able to cook dinner for the 3 of us, so it was my duty to cook;-) and feed them… hihi…. On Mel’s menu: codfish, vegetables and rice… Paradise for me – cooking in a kitchen where everything is there! SISTAAAAAA, sooooo looking 4ward to come home!!!!

Sunday… Got up early to go to skiing to Hemsedal. It was raining, really warm at that altitude. Windy, the area in clouds… We packed everything to leave straight away… The mountain road down was in sh… condition, soooo slippery, very icy… The weather didn’t change, so our local guy advised it would be senseless to go to Hemsedal. It wouldn’t be worth going there… so 4 hours drive… back on the way to Horten… Martha and me were a little disappointed but at the same time it was good for me not to go…

Let me tell you why… Pictures first… Girls playing around…

I’m 29 and I like to do crazy, silly things. Why not sometimes be and behave like a child?;-) Actually I’m still a child;-) (never learn from mistakes…or never want to learn from my “mistakes”;-)…) …we were waiting outside for C. so I thought, why not jump of the balcony… it wasn’t high, there was snow… wet snow… but… First jump… landed on the hard ground… twitch in the knee… sh… why… the leg is strong… it’s a pain I’ve experienced before… Arthrose is greeting… just sucks sooooo bad!!!! it’s already better now but just sucks!!!! hate it!!!! …will be fine 2morrow again… or the day after… 😉 My life-motto: NEVER give up!!!! ;-)…