Snowboarding in Macedonia!

Well, I'm still alive! I made it back from Macedonia, and had a great time! I went with Louise, Tim, and Helen, all British, and work with BMS World Missions. Louise teaches at school with me, and through Susan and Louise I met Helen and Tim. As usual, I do have some stories, so I thought that I would share a little bit.

First of all, after being on the slope for 5 minutes I realized that snowboarding is not a genetic trait! The first day was definitely not easy, and the weather didn't help. There was a white out (basically everything is white and you can't see anything), and it was so bad that when we were on the lift we couldn't see the platform to get off ahead of time, just heard the screams and knew it was coming! When we did get off the lift we didn't even know which way the slope was! Once we found the slope it was difficult to tell how fast you were going because you couldn't see around you, but my main problem at the beginning wasn't going too fast, it was standing up after I'd fallen down! Seriously, I mean both of your legs are attached to the board, so you can't use them to lift yourself up. That might not sound difficult, but it takes getting used to! I finally got that downand was able to work on my edging, and actually go down the slope! It was a lot of fun, and I was definitely sore, but I would do again for sure!

We had to get in a true snowball fight and build a snowman while we were gone, just because we could! While I was rolling the head of the snowman, a dog came and "relieved" himself on it! Well, we all thought it was hilarious, but I figured, I'll just keep rolling it and it will all be covered up. Tim couldn't believe it, but no one else seemed to have a problem with it. Funnily enough, when Tim was sculpting an ear, some of the snow came off, and fell into his mouth; snow that he claimed was yellow! He was completely grossed out, and we all fell over laughing!!! Classic.

Kudos to those of you that snowboard, and for everyone else, give it a shot!!!