alps-a-lutely fabulous
a week end in the french alps is exactly what the doctor ordered. well almost..
david picked me up from school thursday to make our way to val d'isere. we rode through the night until a little passed lyon where we stayed in a formula 1 hotel which i criticized to no end for not being to my standards. it was actually really clean and tidy but i just wanted to give david a hard time anyway! the next morning we drove all the way to the mountain, about another few hours. what a change from the "hills" of vermont. the alps are so grandiose and really breathtaking.
the first day the board i rented was too small and flexible and i had hard time adjusting. the second day i got one that was better adapted to my size but in the afternoon i took a bad fall and called it quits early. the next 2 days were pure bliss and again, i don't think i ever had as much fun snowboarding than with david.
the best part of the trip: amazing weather-sunny and warm, didn't even need a jacket and could have worn a tee shirt, got a good tan/sunburn and not once had to go in to warm up...lunch on the mountain-we packed sandwiches so that we could pick a remoted spot on top of the mountain to eat in the sun and take advantage of the amazing view, plus it was cheaper! snowboarding, of course. the view from the hotel, discovering that i can in fact tolerate cheese-laden french specialities such as fondue and raclette. and then of course having a really good time with david, laughing and doing what we do best. despite a few downer moments (totally enduced by my moodswings) things were really great.
the weather has been really beautiful-- makes me so happy that spring is finally here! yesterday i finished class early (aka i didn't go to internet authoring cause i didn't do the work) and met david near the chateau de versailles. he took me to carrefour to do some groceries since it's been like a month since i've had real food in the fridge. we then had dinner and spent the rest of the evening at his parents. this week end we were supposed to go to lille to visit friends of his and mine but i have too much work so instead we're going to his parent's country house. i'm looking forward to the sunny weather, running and biking and getting some much needed work done!
last night after yet another intense episode or several shall i say, i had this "moment" with david where we just looked deep into eachother's eyes. he read my mind when he said "je t'aime tres fort". sounds so ridiculous but it really touched me as one of those powerful instances that leave you kindof amazed. it's crazy how i can feel like he is the best guy in the world ( i mean, he really is..) and then other instances i can be so blase and so gemini-ish thinking that he is just the flavor-of-the-month and that i could possibly, even easily, leave him behind depending on what happens to me career-wise in may. there are so many questions and yesterday again i thought to myself how hard it might be to make a choice. make a choice between a country (and a man) that i have adopted, for something new and unsure? or maybe stay here and keep wondering? or have things not work out at all?? ahh so much. so much.
i realllllllly need to go running this evening. first because it's so beautiful out and not dark at like 5pm and second because i finished a whole bag of those cinnamon things from ikea. crazzyyy and disgusting. i'm hoping that all the excess food and cheese that i consumed was magically burned away snowboarding (it is a pretty intense sport).
david picked me up from school thursday to make our way to val d'isere. we rode through the night until a little passed lyon where we stayed in a formula 1 hotel which i criticized to no end for not being to my standards. it was actually really clean and tidy but i just wanted to give david a hard time anyway! the next morning we drove all the way to the mountain, about another few hours. what a change from the "hills" of vermont. the alps are so grandiose and really breathtaking.
the first day the board i rented was too small and flexible and i had hard time adjusting. the second day i got one that was better adapted to my size but in the afternoon i took a bad fall and called it quits early. the next 2 days were pure bliss and again, i don't think i ever had as much fun snowboarding than with david.
the best part of the trip: amazing weather-sunny and warm, didn't even need a jacket and could have worn a tee shirt, got a good tan/sunburn and not once had to go in to warm up...lunch on the mountain-we packed sandwiches so that we could pick a remoted spot on top of the mountain to eat in the sun and take advantage of the amazing view, plus it was cheaper! snowboarding, of course. the view from the hotel, discovering that i can in fact tolerate cheese-laden french specialities such as fondue and raclette. and then of course having a really good time with david, laughing and doing what we do best. despite a few downer moments (totally enduced by my moodswings) things were really great.
the weather has been really beautiful-- makes me so happy that spring is finally here! yesterday i finished class early (aka i didn't go to internet authoring cause i didn't do the work) and met david near the chateau de versailles. he took me to carrefour to do some groceries since it's been like a month since i've had real food in the fridge. we then had dinner and spent the rest of the evening at his parents. this week end we were supposed to go to lille to visit friends of his and mine but i have too much work so instead we're going to his parent's country house. i'm looking forward to the sunny weather, running and biking and getting some much needed work done!
last night after yet another intense episode or several shall i say, i had this "moment" with david where we just looked deep into eachother's eyes. he read my mind when he said "je t'aime tres fort". sounds so ridiculous but it really touched me as one of those powerful instances that leave you kindof amazed. it's crazy how i can feel like he is the best guy in the world ( i mean, he really is..) and then other instances i can be so blase and so gemini-ish thinking that he is just the flavor-of-the-month and that i could possibly, even easily, leave him behind depending on what happens to me career-wise in may. there are so many questions and yesterday again i thought to myself how hard it might be to make a choice. make a choice between a country (and a man) that i have adopted, for something new and unsure? or maybe stay here and keep wondering? or have things not work out at all?? ahh so much. so much.
i realllllllly need to go running this evening. first because it's so beautiful out and not dark at like 5pm and second because i finished a whole bag of those cinnamon things from ikea. crazzyyy and disgusting. i'm hoping that all the excess food and cheese that i consumed was magically burned away snowboarding (it is a pretty intense sport).