First Day Skiing!

 Today was Day One of ski lessons.  11:00 - 1:30.  Above:  Estelle maneouvers a slight incline.  (she fell shortly after I took this photo).  Below, about 90 minutes later, you can see Estelle lower left, in red/white, heading left, next to girl w/pink pants (strangely that girl is named Léna).

 Below:  The REAL and one and only Léna, who survived her first day.  She did great, though was crying at the end because she saw me get Estelle first as I couldn't get thru the mob of parents to her right away.  She was tired enough to let that push her over the edge and was crying by the time I got back to her.   When I said "Why are you crying?"  she wailed back "I WANT TO GO TO A RESTAURANT!"

 Once the girls were safely into their lessons, I put on my rented equipment and got myself a 5-day (student price!) pass and off I went, first time in 8 years.  After going down the same trail that Estelle's group was on and using the (I don't even know what it's called in English????  T-bar?  J'bar or something like that) "tire-fesses" (literally:  "buttcheek puller"), I decided I was ready to go higher:

 With my handy laminated little minimap in my pocket, off I went on another tire-fesses which brought me to a 4-person chairlift and with some major terrified trepidation, off I went.

 Totally worth it.  The views were amazing.  I stayed on only one huge green trail that took me all the way down, and then it was time to get the girls.   

Thomas left this a.m. at 7:00 to head back to Sophia to work today and tomorrow.  He'll come back up tomorrow night and stay thru til Saturday.  I look forward to skiing with him - though I totally enjoyed being on my own today, even tho I only skied for an hour.  Conditions were perfect.