Homework! We'll stay in a 3* hotel on nights 1 and 5 and three different mountain lodges in between.

Our first time up the mountain. Not sure what to expect.

Teenage daughter basking in ski chic aura of her father.

There's always one overcompetitive person in the group

Alta Badia! We finally made it after 18 months of planning.

The sledging track. We'll have to provide some go pro clips later.

My jokes usually make them smile for the camera. Losing my touch.

The only morsel we had to eat between an early sandwich and dinner at 7. Best chocolate ever.

We wouldn't starve: Dessert buffet!!! If this is 3*...

Aussie Sledging

January 6, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 -1 °C

Snow at last! Even better we have entered a "bubble" under the care of Manuela: travel agent, resort owner and wife of a previous Italian national 4 course ski champion. We were provided with coffee, instructions, sleds and a bag of sandwiches and off we went. We imagined that the 15 minute 3km sledging run would be a nice warm up for skiing tomorrow. It was more like Mario Kart! High speed, tight corners, poorly manoeuvrable sleds and inexperienced drivers! Luckily our injuries were all minor so tomorrow the serious stuff beginsRead more