The Dalai Lama & The Land Of Fok
Reading the Dalai Lamas words of wisdom (in his book Worlds in Harmony) is not having any effect on my patience and envy as I sit in Valle Nevado with a useless ankle.
Oh God I am sooooo jealous guys!!
Valle Nevado is probably the best ski field I have ever seen! There are several meters of pristine snow, the field is massive, and the pistes are wide and empty.
I´m sat writing this from the mountain restaurant breathing in the fresh air. The sun is blasting and conditions are perfect.
Most people here are from Brazil and trying out skiing for the first time, so there is no waiting for the lifts, and barely a soul on the pistes.
It is great to be sat up here watching but at the same time it is torture, it feels like being a kid that´s grounded and can see his friends playing outside his front door! (Mum - remember how much I used to hate that?).
The bright side is that I get to catch a face and hand tan, relax and look over this beautiful scene.
Chris has been riding alone all day, he has pretty much covered the 24 miles of piste, and has visited me twice for very brief breaks. His cheeks are flushed and he´s got excitement twinkling in his eyes. I know he is having a ball out there, and from time to time I see him catching air on the half pipe, or hurtling down the mountain switching from foot to foot.
Something did really make my day though. On the way to the field a Brazilian guy tried to make small talk with us. On realisation that we lived in England he said: "Ah, the land of fok! England is the land of fok isn´t it".
Chris and I burst out laughing, I had to apologise and ask him to say it again but he just kept saying "fok, fok, the land of fok!". At this point I was crying and couldn´t speak, eventually we managed to work out that what he meant to say was fog. They think the whole of "Inglan" is perpetually covered in fog. Very funny moment.
So that´s all for now from Sam to all of you at the land of Fok.
Sx
P.S. Portuguese is meant to be similar to spanish (so my brother tells me) but to me it sounds like a mixture between German, Russian and Vietnamese. Strange!
Oh God I am sooooo jealous guys!!
Valle Nevado is probably the best ski field I have ever seen! There are several meters of pristine snow, the field is massive, and the pistes are wide and empty.
I´m sat writing this from the mountain restaurant breathing in the fresh air. The sun is blasting and conditions are perfect.
Most people here are from Brazil and trying out skiing for the first time, so there is no waiting for the lifts, and barely a soul on the pistes.
It is great to be sat up here watching but at the same time it is torture, it feels like being a kid that´s grounded and can see his friends playing outside his front door! (Mum - remember how much I used to hate that?).
The bright side is that I get to catch a face and hand tan, relax and look over this beautiful scene.
Chris has been riding alone all day, he has pretty much covered the 24 miles of piste, and has visited me twice for very brief breaks. His cheeks are flushed and he´s got excitement twinkling in his eyes. I know he is having a ball out there, and from time to time I see him catching air on the half pipe, or hurtling down the mountain switching from foot to foot.
Something did really make my day though. On the way to the field a Brazilian guy tried to make small talk with us. On realisation that we lived in England he said: "Ah, the land of fok! England is the land of fok isn´t it".
Chris and I burst out laughing, I had to apologise and ask him to say it again but he just kept saying "fok, fok, the land of fok!". At this point I was crying and couldn´t speak, eventually we managed to work out that what he meant to say was fog. They think the whole of "Inglan" is perpetually covered in fog. Very funny moment.
So that´s all for now from Sam to all of you at the land of Fok.
Sx
P.S. Portuguese is meant to be similar to spanish (so my brother tells me) but to me it sounds like a mixture between German, Russian and Vietnamese. Strange!
posted by Chris at 3:06 PM
2 Comments:
HEYLO Chris and Sam!
Thanks for the birthday comment! :D i had a great day thankyou muchly! Sorry i haven't commented before, we've just got back from our holidays! We went to Val de Cantobre! We had a great time, though the weather wasn't always that great, but we managed a few hot days by the pool! We ate pizza, sunbathed, shopped, played pool and boogied...so really, it was all good.
Anywho, everyone sends their love, and we're loving the blog! All your adventures sound amazing! YAY!
Lots of love xxx
Poor you, hope its better soon.xxx
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