A Ski-Day in the Alps (February 10)

A fantastic day! At 5:30 in the morning, Philippe, Rachael and I headed downtown to get on the bus. The little ski-town of Vars is about a three-hour drive from Aix in the direction of Italy. I definitely used that extra bus time to try to catch up on a little sleep. I had only gotten four hours of sleep that night, and only one hour the night before (I was up late studying for my last exam—which, interesting fact, in the middle of writing it, the prof supervising the exam picked up his cell and stood at the front of the amphitheatre making a personal phone call and chatting for about 10 minutes!)


It was a beautiful day in Vars, and we couldn’t have asked for more gorgeous weather! The slopes were covered in pretty nice snow, for the most part. It got icy on some of the runs, especially near the end of the day, but you could still find powder if you wanted to. It wasn’t very busy at all, and with a total of 51 chairlifts, you had a lot of options. There were six of us in our group: moi, Phil, Rachael, Gabriel (Luxembourgeois), Lukas (Austrian), and Franz (German). Gabriel and Lukas are amazing skiers; of course they live in the Alps with their families most winters.





I was quite sore the next day, but strangely enough, not from the actual skiing part. My shins hurt because the boots didn’t fit me properly and my lower back and neck are even still in a little pain because of the whiplash I got on their version of a t-bar. Rachael is suffering from the same thing, and now we both look like goofs cringing every time we turn our necks! Despite that, I’m so happy I went. It was a fun day, I got a little skiing in this winter, a nice little sunburn on my cheeks, and I can check “skiing in the Alps” off my to-do list!