Skiing in the Alps!

On Sunday, I was planning on skiing by myself at Villars which is a 12 minute bus ride from L'Abri. At the last minute, some people from L'Abri said they were also going skiing so I went with them. The day was picture perfect. The sun was out, not too hot, or not too cold. We walked from L'Abri to Chesieres to rent skis, boots, and poles (completely uphill). At the ski rental shop, they asked me my weight and I said 160. They looked at me and didn't know what to say. They thought I meant 160 kg which is over 300 lb. I stepped on the scale and read 80 kg (what a relief)! We then walked to Villars with our ski equipment and bought a lift ticket. The experience was unique!! It had just snowed on Friday and the skiing conditions were great! There were 36 lifts and 100 km of runs including a 6 person lift and many T-bar lifts (picture included).

The scenery was the best part! It was so amazing to stop and appreciate the wonderful opportunity. We skied until the lifts closed at and walked back to L'Abri. From there, I said goodbye to the friends that I met and headed back to Lausanne. The bus stop was the driveway of L'Abri which was convenient. I knew that I had to get the 6:12 bus otherwise I would have to wait until 8:30. When I saw the bus coming, I started to wave my hands to make sure the bus driver saw me. I got on the bus packed with people coming home after a long day/weekend of skiing. So I stood up on the bus around the hairpin turns until we arrived in Aigle. I then took the train to Lausanne. The weekend turned out great! I am glad that I went!