Holiday!

The first week we stayed at home and just hung out. The second week we went to Italy! On Saturday the 22nd, and drove 6.5 hours to Austria. We checked out the Sarowski crystal world. We saw, of course, lots of diamonds. And everything was so pretty! And Sparkly! The next day we drove two more hours to Italy! It was so unbelievable! The Mountains! They were so pretty! It was just so crazy to say that I was in Italy! As soon as we got everything into the room, we got changed to go skiing! We went up so freaking high, it was a little bit scary. It was so warm! I had to take a few layers off. I wasn't in the same room as my family, I stayed with family friends in a different room. After skiing Nele and I went into the outdoor pool. It was so beautiful seeing the Alps while you were swimming. We ran out into the snow and I walked in the wrong place and sunk into the snow so deep that it came up to my hip and it took me a couple of minutes to get out! On Monday it was going really good with the skiing. But on this hill I was going fast and didn't quite know how to control it. So I ran into this little boy, he was completely fine, i just skimmed his ski, but I lost one of mine and got a huge bruise on my thigh and his dad or trainer started yelling at me in German telling me how I could do that and what I was thinking. I lost my confidence after that. We ate and I was just done. But we had to go down a black diamond to get back to the hotel...I was so done after that. I was tired and just felt like i couldn't do anything anymore. So on Tuesday Kerstin, Micheal and I went cross country skiing. And I didn't realize how hard it was going to be! That was about two hours. Then Kerstin and I got into our bikinis and laid in the sun on her balcony. It was about 90 degrees in the sun, and I listened to my music, drank tea, and started at the alps. It was so relaxing. On Wednesday we went back skiing, and we worked on my Technics. I got the hang of it eventually. Just had to gain my confidence back. Then with an hour left for the gondolas, we went bobsledding! We all raced to the bottom, Kerstin won the first round, then Nele and I together won the second. I had snowballs IN MY PANTS from steering with my feet. It was so much fun though! Then on Thrusday we skiied for a little bit but Nele had a small accident so I went back to the hotel with her and watched some movies until dinner. On Friday Kerstin, Micheal, and I did a 7 hour snow shoe hike. Wow that was crazy. It was super pretty and not as hard as I thought. But At the end I had these huge blisters on my pinkie toes taht I actually bled through my socks. But My legs didn't hurt or anything the next day. Saturday Nele and I couldn't do much so we had a movie lazy day. I'll tell you a little about the hotel quick. It was called the Berghotel (mountain hotel) and they always had breakfast, cake in the afternoon, and a 5 course dinner. Everything was super delicious. On one ski route you had to drive, but the other one you could go right from the hotel. There were lots of saunas, and a relaxing room (with water beds!), an indoor and outdoor pool. It was super pretty with an amazing view. I was so lucky to be able to experience something like this. I hope I will be able to come back some day!