Snow time

This weekend my sister and I went to Mt Buller, 3.5 hrs from Melbourne by bus. The weather was not the best; it was raining and foggy, yet the trip was so enjoyable. We had a lot of excitement on our ski trip! :) *We could have chosen to do snowboarding or tobogganing, but skiing was our childhood dream!*

Ski boots were so heavy --it was not the most comfortable sport shoes to wear, and the ski was adjusted to the boot size, our height, and weight. Walking on the ski boots was a tough work --our guide said that I walked funny :D, and so was walking (and sliding) when we put the ski on. Anyway, our first beginner lesson gave us more confidence, at least we knew how to make a stop and not to hit people :).

We spent 2.5 hours in the morning practicing, having lunch, and then another hour to challenge our gut to hop on chair lift to (almost) the top of the mountain and slide down on our ski. It was terrifying because the fog was worse as we reached a higher latitude; yet it was so exciting!! Thank to two friends of ours for their patience on guiding us how to control our ski, waiting for us when we fell down (you can't imagine how often we fell), and even helping us to get up from fall (trust me, the fall didn't hurt, but as a first timer it was so hard to get up with so much weight on our feet!)

As a word of advice, if you want to go on a ski trip, don't do it just for one day. Do it for at least three days! The first day is warming up session! It was a pity that we had to stop skiing when we just got a hang of it! Huhuhu.

Anyway, if you ask me whether I'll go again for it..
Definitely yes!! *So, Alpen.. we are coming insya Allah. Hopefully I can persuade my husband ;)*

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My dear sister, thanks for the invitation to the trip!
Pictures available here.