Well, it hasn't been snowing (yet) in Beijing, but ski season at
Nanshan doesn't need to wait until then to begin! Ionel, Kristen and I couldn't wait any longer, so we decided to try out the slopes last weekend!
It was definitely all smiles before I hit/wiped-out on the bunny slopes multiple times for the remainder of the first half of the day. Kristen was my makeshift instructor and I paid her by entertaining her with my falls. I definitely have a wicked bruise on my knee to prove my glory. There were also a few moments when I thought...keep it together tailbone, keep it together, but all in all,
aside from the soreness in my neck the next day (that probably resulted from the whiplash I endured over and over again from falling), I LOVE snowboarding!!
Below are some pictures from snowboarding. Ionel did take a video of me going down the bunny slope without falling, but, I'm sure he wasn't holding the camera at the right angle, because it makes it look as if I were going down a flat plane as opposed to the super steep slope it felt like I was going down. It doesn't do it justice, so you will all just have to imagine it in your heads ;)
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| Watch out Indonesians (sea of blue and green), I'm coming through! |
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Kristen in her giant man sized gloves--it was either 30 RMB for giant ones or 100 something for ones that fit.
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| Decoration?? Never seen this kind of ad for Mini Cooper before. I don't really get why seeing one hanging off the side of a slope would make me want to purchase one. |
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| Ionel and Kristen looking too cool for school in their rented shades |
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| Looking down from the top--definitely fake snow as you can tell. I am pretty sure there are crops growing all around us. |
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| Sunset at 5 PM--definitely a rare sight in Beijing--what a great day! |
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