It took most of the day yesterday to travel from Edinburgh to Arabba; two and a half hours on the plane to Verona and then just over three hours by bus from Verona to Arabba. All went smoothly and by 4 p.m. we had collected our hired skis and were sitting down at our old favourite, Bar Peter, for a well deserved snack and drink. It’s lovely to come back to a place that you really like, so we enjoyed the convivial atmosphere and thumping euro music of Bar Peter as well as the stylish and downright luxurious atmosphere of the Sporthotel. I knew that the food would be tasty from our experience last year but I had forgotten just how delicious it is; so beautifully cooked and presented.
This morning we woke to blue skies and sunshine and couldn’t wait to start skiing. Ewan had devised a route to cover plenty of kilometres on snow, on big long runs to get our legs accustomed to skiing again. It was a tremendous morning. I wore a knee support and my leg was pretty good. We headed to Corvara and thence to San Cassiano in Alta Badia before heading back by a circuitous route of reds and blues. We has lunch in the pretty Rifugio La Tambra. At that point we were quite near Arabba and my legs started cramping a bit. This was due to my own carelessness in not readjusting my boot buckles after lunch; the first run after lunch was a bit of a travail because of this. So I bailed out about an hour before the others with no regrets, it has been a fantastic and confidence building first day for me. We then went down to the basement for a relaxing jacuzzi in the wee leisure centre.
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