Last weekend I joined my roommates Bjorn, Hanne and their friends on a ski trip to Hemsedal, Norway. Hemsedal is considered the Alps of Scandinavia, so I was pretty excited that my first time trying snowboarding and downhill skiing would be at one of the biggest ski resorts in Norway.
I took last Friday off work because we had to take the bus 10 am to get to the resort. It was a nice 3 hour bus ride with plenty of beautiful scenery along the way. Once we got there we settled into the 10-person chalet and headed for the slopes for some night skiing/snowboarding. I tried snowboarding first, and to be quit honest, I didn’t enjoy myself too much. Having never tried it before, having no lessons, not being that coordinated, and having no one to really teach me the basics, I spent the night falling on my ass haha. Before I go snowboarding again I will have to get some lessons. After snowboarding we headed back to the chalet for a few beers.
Since I wasn’t too successful with the snowboarding, the next day I thought I would try downhill skiing. I have to say that I really enjoyed skiing even though, like snowboarding, I have never tried it before. I think the big difference was that I could actually control both of my feet when I was skiing as opposed to snowboarding. I still fell a bunch of times and was sore all week, but I can really see myself going skiing a few times every winter.
After a skiing, we went to the sports bar at the resort the watch the Man U vs Liverpool football game. It was a pretty good game with Man U scoring at the 90th minute and winning 1-0. Norwegians really love their football! After that we went to an after ski party at the Hemsedal Café and partied all night.
All in all it was a pretty cool weekend hanging out with all Norwegians. Also, I’m glad I did try both snowboarding and skiing because I got a chance to see which one I enjoyed the most. I would like to go skiing again, but I would like to take a few lessons before hand. Even though I fell a ton I really enjoyed the experience and I’m looking forward to the next ski trip.
Have a good week everybody.
Take care
Jason
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