NEW GLASSES
My new Raybans
As I told you in a previous post, I smashed my glasses completely a week before the holiday.
Thursday before Easter I picked out some new ones and now I've got them (thanks to FX who picked them up for me).
Voilà, me with new glasses.
EASTER HOLIDAY PART 1: RISOUL
The first week of this year's two week Easter holiday is over. I've had a great week in the French Alps, more specifically in Risoul.
The short story of the week is as follows:
The bus picked us up at 23h on Friday 3rd of April. I got food poisoned by something I ate the same day and puked three times during the bus ride (9 hours), the first time after 5 minutes of driving. Great start.
The slopes were good, but the snow a bit slushy in the afternoons. We had grouped ourselves in dinner teams and it worked perfectly, good an varied food each day!
Geir got sick after 2 days with high fever and only got four days of skiing, Nina caught his fever the two last days. I sprained my ankle during snow football (which we won by the way) and missed one day of snowboarding. A bit of tape and snowboard boots stabilized the foot enough after the first day.
All in all we were a bit unlucky, but it was still a great trip. I've learned to do goofy and 180s properly, but I'm still struggeling with 360s. We've done a lot of off piste, amazing fun!
Next up this Easter is the Road trip to Spain!
The apartment for four (Nina, Cate and my head)
The dinner teams made great food! (Roberto, Synnøve, Kristofer, Tom, Cate, Geir and Nina)
Beto won the jumping contest
Lluís with a big grab
Friday we had a common 4th floor dinner in the corridor!
Kristian attacking a steep off piste hill
CANET-EN-ROUSSILLON
Regatta in the Mediterranean with a great view of the Pyrenees
Wow, I've had a few busy days, walking from activity to activity (mostly school related stuff - boring to tell about). I'm still in a hurry, as I'm heading for The Alps tonight! Risoul in the southern Alps is the place to be and we're about 10 Erasmus students going. The trip is arranged by Ski INSA, one of the many clubs of the school.
This post is about last weekend's sailing trip outside Canet-en-Roussillon. Fadia and Michelle (her sister), Tom and I joined FX and Pierre in INSA Club Voil (INSA sailing club) in their 35" sailboat.
We got to the boat Friday night, slept in the boat and sailed Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we had rain in the afternoon, making it a bit cold. We had great wind though! Sunday we sailed a regatta, it was absolutely awesome! Plenty of wind to make it a memorable experience (15-20m/s wind)
A few pictures will tell the rest of the story from this fantastic weekend! Enjoy!
Something as unusual as a picture with me in it. We spent a nice Friday night in "Shoot first", the name of the sailing boat.
Happy sailor Tom
Hapy sailor Fadia
Pierre, the captain
Lunch break on Saturday (Fadia, Michelle, Tom, Pierre and FX)
It got really wet Saturday afternoon, Pierre and FX.
Sunday = Regatta day = Fantastic day!
I wish you all a happy Easter holiday and hope to see you in blog space when I return!