Esquiando la Sierra Nevada

22 de enero, 2:32 p.m.

A Haiku for AKF:

Muy Divertido

Skiing on the Perfect Day

Tumbling Down the Reds

Yesterday most of the students and I went on a little ski trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains- about an hour or so drive on steep winding roads full of cold bulls.

It was a GORGEOUS day- 100% visibility, sunny, not very crowded- etc. 

It has been quite a few years (more than 10) since the last time I had skied so I was a little nervous, but picked it back up very quickly. So quickly, in fact, that my first "seems like a good idea" of the day was to attempt a Red run (the level below black) on our third journey up (completely skipping over the blues). I made it down in record time- mostly using the "flailing tumble" method, much to the amusement of Caz. (I was totally asking for it, on one of our rides up I had mentioned to her that I found it pretty funny when people completely wiped out). After a GIANT lunch that included a cerveza (the 2nd "seems like a good idea" of the day) we went on a couple more runs, but I ended up spending the last hour of the day in a cafe with Miguel and Gillian at the bottom of the slopes for cafe con leche. All in all, a FANTASTIC day- I can't believe I let so many years pass without skiing!! 

I've started getting emails from new friends in Spanish, which have been fun to try to figure out, but I am nervous about what I am sending in my replies. (Example: "tengo calor" means "I am hot", but "estoy caliente" means "I am horny"). These are things that are important to be aware of) . 

Speaking of emails and mail in general, Leo has requested that I don't receive mail at her house, so if you send me anything, please send it to: 

Castila, Centro de Estudios Hispánicos
Aljibe del Gato, 1. 

Granada 18010 España

SABEEEEEES QUE... (I always hear Marly's voice when I type that)

That the most popular radio station here is "Kiss FM"!? I had no idea that it was worldwide! It features hit songs from the 80s through now in both English in Spanish, but I have surprisingly heard more Bob Marley on it than anything else.