The cold wind of yesterday disappeared and we were able to show Dana some of the harder runs on our hill as the off piste softened throughout the day. She handled the steep bump runs with ease. Meanwhile, my knees were burning and my thighs screaming!! I'm pretty confidant Graeme was in equal discomfort as he suggested sternly that a coffee stop was mandatory today!
Dana's parents were enthusiastic skiers, and every weekend during the Czech winter she would travel to her Uncle's mountain chalet for skiing. Unfortunately for Dana, her husband, Tibor and their children do not share her passion for the sport. She has to work very hard to get them to go skiing with her. However, I suspect that this time with us will make Dana more determined than ever to do more skiing. If I know Dana, she will find a way to go skiing for at least one week each year. She has already been talking about doing some guiding for the Czech tourist company with whom she travelled here.
2/ Lunch at our favourite picnic spot
3/ Dana skiing gracefully
Again, it was just about last lift for the day when we were finally able to convince Dana to stop. A quick stop with Rick and Liz to introduce Dana, as always turned into a longer session and it was a late dinner by the time we made it back to Le Refuge.
As we observed when we were visiting with Dana in Slovakia, their family tends to eat early around 5 or 6 o'clock at the latest. Sometimes even earlier if they have been doing hard physical exercise. So poor old Dana was practically falling over with hunger by the time we finally had dinner prepared.
We talked about this different eating pattern and we agreed that the Kiwi way of eating is not really that good for you. By delaying dinner, you not only tend to snack on unhealthy nibbles like chips and nuts, but your body has no real time to properly digest the food before you go to bed. Dana is very health conscious and has a great figure to show for her strict adherence to diet and exercise. She is also diligent about stretching and showed me a few new stretches and exercises before dinner. She's quite an inspiration actually!!
Outside the weather is changing and it looks like we are going to get another dose of winter with heavy snow predicted for the next couple of days! Secretly I am praying for a rainy horrible day so that I can have a day off from skiing. How sad is that?
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