Day 6 to 9 - Sestriere Update

We still high up in the Alps of Sestriere, and nothing much has changed; except for the fact that our skiing techniques were looking very fancy until the national Ski Clubs of Italy took over our empty low-season slopes.

Now, we in a professional skiers haven! Pro skiers as little as 3 years, all the way up to about 30 years old - swarm like bees down the slopes wearing their Italian coloured regional jackets; perfectly carving ice and making "WEE" noises when they casually ramp into the air off black slopes. Don't mind the 30 year olds, it's the kids! Ski next to them and all of a sudden you are reminded of how South African you really are.

Anyway, we'll give it to the Europeans for being brilliant at Skiing, because while they are privileged with the white Alps, we are privileged with sunny weather in Spring! Note: its -1 degrees and snowing in their Spring. The locals are wondering if their winter season will ever end. Families even brought their bucket and spade and beach chairs to the slopes today, and we witnessed a few snow castles (see picture below). We are very lucky, however, for their extended winter season.

Tomorrow is our last day of skiing, and then we are off to tour the rest of Italy by Euro Rail (train). We've ticked off every slope in Sestriere, Bruce got many thumbs up from PAT* as a result of his remarkable Skiing improvements - and so now it's time to move on to warmer & busier cities.

Next up: Venice.

* PAT - The Italian Ski Instructor who rescued Bruce with a Snow Mobile on his first day ever skiing.