My first skiing experience in Freiburg

The introduction

Hello everyone, I hope, that you are all doing just fine.

In this article I want to tell you about this thing that we call snow and my experience of going skiing and skating in Freiburg. Well, I have never skated or skied in my life and that was the first time I ever did that, so that it was a pretty memorable day for me and I just really want to share it with you.

So, you know, how people like when it’s snowing and, especially children like snowing, of course. I really loved when it snowed in winter and I just hoped, that it would snow in Freiburg just like that or even more, because then I would just remember my childhood and go outside and have some fun. What’s more, me and my friend could go and hang around in the snowy weather and I would really like that, because it’s very different, when it’s snowing outside and you just walk around the streets and then there is this noise of you cracking the snowflakes with your shoes and everything’s in silence. You know, there’s this amazingly fascinating silence when it’s snowing, especially if it’s an evening or night, of course. Well, that’s maybe because that there are not so many people outside at that time when it’s snowing and they just like to watch the snow from their windows in their homes. You know, it’s really great watching the snowflakes fall from the skyand be inside and be in a warm place and just look out of the window and watch that thing.

Skiing in Freiburg

So, this day it was snowing pretty hard and it was all white and stuff like that outside and it was really beautiful outside, if you want to know the truth. Well, we have host families here in Freiburg and we spend some weekends with them and it's really cool, because they take us to some places and we hang out and have a good time and get to know Freiburg, of course. and, well, my host family is very nice and my host mother just loves taking me to some of her favourite places and we have been to Switzerland and Franceand, you know, it's just great, when you have such a great hos family. They had me invited to their Halloween, too, and we made these funny pumpkins and stuff like that, and, well, mine was just really not that kind of pumpkin, I mean, I'm not very good at making these kinds of things and it didn't really look like a face, if you want to know the truth, however, iI really tried.

Anyways, this day my host family invited me to go to that site in Freiburg, where people go and ski and everything, I mean, it's a hill, where you can go down with your skis or whatever and have much fun there and when we got there, there were so many people, well, especially children, however, the elders were having fun, too. it was pretty chilly there, of course, however, after some time it was not cold anymore and I was having much fun with my host sisters and we were all skiing there together and it was really great, I must say.

You know, these days children just sit at the computer and play some games or scroll down the facebook or something like that and they don't want to go outside, or maybe they want to, but after some time they forget that feeling and just continue sitting at the computer and that's pretty bad and I was really glad, that there were so many kids outside there in Freiburg on that hill having fun with each other and communicating with each other and moving around and everything. That's what they need to do, I mean, you can always sit there in your home at the computer or whatever and you won't have much chances like this one to go outside and have some real fun just like we used to back in my childhood. So, I kind of had this remembering of my childhood there and I also learned how to stand on skis and that was pretty cool, too, I mean, I had never skied before and I didn't know what it was like and, well, at first, I was kind of scared about standing with those things on my feet and everything, because I thought, that I couldn't get my balance and I thought, that I would fall, of course, however, it got me pretty surprised, when I stood with them very well and there was no problem at all. However, that was only just standing and not doing anything else, so that I had to move a little to actually see what I was capable of with them and doing that was not that easy as just standing with them, you know.

Anyways, we had a lot of fun that day and it was really worth going there, because I had some adrenaline, too, and besides, it was my relaxing time, I mean, everybody should have that time hanging out and stuff like that, because except for the socializing, it’s such a joy to be outside doing something, that you haven’t done for years and doing something new, too, I mean, it was my first time standing on skis and it felt just great. You know, I’ve tried roller-blading, and I had these pink roller blades and everything bought by my parents, and though I really tried to do some things with them, I just couldn’t really learn to use them and then there was this skateboard, that I wanted to learn to ride, however, I wasn’t good at it, either, I mean, I was not good at it at all.

Well, you know, being outside in the snow is kind of strange. To be honest, I don’t really like going outside when it’s snow and everything, I mean, that first step is always the hardest and then, when you are already out, you just start having some fun and then, when you are having fun, you just don’t want to come inside, of course. That’s how it was that day, too, I mean, we went outside and it was pretty cold comparing to inside, where I just walk around with my T-shirt and stuff like that, just like in summer days and now that I was in the cold, I didn’t really like it, however, soon you get used to that chill outside and you just want to grab that snow and make a ball and throw itsomewhere.

You know, after some great fun in the snow, it’s always a good idea to get some hot chocolate and go to somewhere warm and enjoy the drink. So that, me and my host family went to their house and we had this great hot chocolate together. Well, I mostly don’t drink milk and I don’t think many children like drinking milk, because it has its specific taste, that we don’t really like, I guess. So that, I always drank milk with force and I just drank it if I was very ill or something like that. But I love hot chocolate and I used to drink it all the time some time ago. I mean, there are this packs of hot chocolate and you can buy them, they are in a powdered form and if you buy them, you just have to add them to your mug and then pour some hot water or milk on them and stir and that’s it. So that, I didn’t use milk for preparing it and I just used this hot water and it was just great and I used to love drinking it. However, after some time I just got bored from it and then I tasted that cappuccino and after that I just buy those cappuccino powdersin packages like hot chocolate and I just drink them.

Going skiing from college

Well, after that skiing and stuff in Freiburg, I felt like a pro in skiing and I was just really happy that I had this amazing time with my host family and, at the same time, learned to ski a little bit. And then, when we got back from the winter holidays, they told us, that they would take us to skiing somewhere nearby in Freiburg, I mean, the college planned our trip and everything and we could go and have some fun skiing. Though I didn’t really want to go, because we had a trip the next day. Well, we were going to go to Paris the next day and I had to pack some things or decide which ones I would take and wear and everything, you know, so that I was not really up for that skiing thing, however, I couldn’t stay in the dorm, as everyone was going and I went skiing, too, of course. Well, good thing that I didn’t stay at the dorm, I mean, it was much fun going there and since it was my second skiing in Freiburg and, in general, I got that sensation of being a professional athlete. So, we hit the road and skied and then it was not freezing at all and we didn’t really want to come back to the dorm, you know. It’s a good thing, when you know how to ski and you can go somewhere such place and ski and do whatever you want. And if you don’t know skiing, you just think, why you should go to snowy resorts, I mean, skiing there is the greatest thing, that you can do and if you don’t ski, then it’s getting kind of boring, because everyone else is skiing and you just sit there and watch them, or just sit there and sip some drinks and that’s pretty boring, too, at that time. You are just there all alone not having any fun, while others are skiing and just enjoying their visit to that resort. You know, there were many tours in Georgia, which were going to those skiing resorts, such as Gudauri and Bakuriani and I always wanted to go, however, I didn’t know any skiing and I was kind of afraid, I mean, I didn’t know what I would do there besides skiing, which I didn’t know and I didn’t really want to ski there, I guess, because I thought, that I wouldn’t be able to ski well.

Anyways, now that I know a little bit about skiing and stuff like that, when I get home to Georgia, I might as well go skiing in Gudauri or Bakuriani, because those places are really good and everyone just goes there anad they have much fun together skiing and snowboarding and everything and I want to experience that, too, of course. Well, I haven’t been to any of those resorts yet, however, I will definitely go there the next time I’m in Georgia. It’s really easy to move around there, because my country is not that large and you need a couple of hours to get from one point to another further one, and it’s pretty easy to get from Tbilisi to Gudauri or whatever and there are some tours, which offer you a microbus taking you from Tbilisi to Gudauri or Bakuriani with 15 Larisor so and they go in the morning and return later in the evening or something like that and that’s really comfortable for everyone, if you ask me, because that way you don’t have to take many clothes and money and everything, I mean, you don’t have to stay there and spend a night in a hotel or something and pay extra in that, you just go and ski and have fun and then return back and sleep at your own house. That’s pretty cool, if you ask me.

Well, that was what I wanted to tell you about my experience in skiing in Freiburg and what a great thing it is to know how to ski and I really recommend learning how to ski, because you will enjoy it anytime anywhere, if you ask me, and, besides, you will go to those winter resorts without any fear of not having fun or being there alone in some bar or whatever sitting at a table, not knowing what to do. And, anyways, you should see Freiburg in snow! It’s just really picturesque and you will be amazed by everything there covered with snow and you will want to paint everything you see there, if you want to know the truth.