lil’ snow white

Our stay at Cortina D’Ampezzo was the highlight of our trip! We love this small, quaint town that is set against the stunning backdrop of the Dolomites. It was an extremely nice and relaxing place to be in, with friendly people and clean-well kept streets.

we had a short 1 hr ski lesson wif a really frenly instructor called fausto. he taught us n encouraged us jus like how he wld when instructin kids. well i suppose no one there goes for beginner class except for kids. after all it’s not a touristy place like e alps.

u see no slope beyond? yah that’s how steep e slope was. this was e GENTLEST beginner slope, n i discovered afterwards tt when they say “beginner”, it meant there’re no sharp bends n wateva tricky paths, but the slopes r still very steep, unlike those asian slopes i’ve been to. damn damn.

there was this particular part of e slope where e snow was somehow damn powdery/slippery n i’d always lose control of my skis n jus zoom down e slope. usually i’d make myself fall but there was one time i told myself tt it’s fine.. i jus needa maintain e posture + balance n i can try to brake when e slope flattens..

but tried as i might, i cldnt brake at all!! AND THEN it was another of those drop like tt one in e pic.. n EVEN STEEPER SLOPE after that!! so i dashed down REALLY fast n e feelin was like bein on a roller coaster. i was jus at e side of e slope n there was no railing or watsoever protection n i cld simply have flown into e woods. boohoo…

so i steadily bent my legs to crash brake, prayin hard tt i wont flip cos of e speed i was gg at n i wont roll down e steep slope.. it was sucha traumatisin experience. boohoo.

It was dark by e time we left. I wasnt sure if i’d ski again after this near-death experience. Xing xing says we shld ski every yr to help me get rid of my phobia of slopes!

xing xing had some penne arrabiata while i had tagliatele wif salmon n asparagus, n then we shared this chef pizza which had a sunny side up in e middle. tasted a bit gross tho, since im not a fan of gooey egg yolk.

Yup that’s abt all for Cortina. A truly lovely and beautiful place which i wont mind visiting regularly, if not for e fact tt it’s pretty inaccessible. it’s 3 hrs by train frm venice/florence, afterwhich we have to transfer to bus for 1 hr to go up e mountain. perhaps we’ll only visit the place again in future after we have kids. haha!