Please excuse me, as of right now, I'm trying to find a good playlist to listen to. It's kinda hard. Okay, I think I have one. It started off with the music from Up. Now it's on Harry Potter music. I shall keep you updated on each song played that I like.
So New Years was good. We went to Lazna in Slovenia. It's a small place in the mountains and where we were staying is actually a very small hotel which really means hostel. We were in 34 and we only had 26 beds. But it's okay, I got a bed! I mean I would've been fine sleeping on the floor because I've slept in worse spots. (ie: a pointy rock in my back) Anyways, it was the people of the triathlon society and their families plus the family's families. I got to hang out with my friend Vicky, which you guys have read about her before and I met a new girl from Trieste. She does hurtles for the Trieste track club.
At the start it was just me, my (host) family and my friend's family. It got dark quick and Vicky's mom all took us out to go stargazing. There's one thing I miss about Colorado. All the stars, and this was like being back home again. Then we went back inside and got ready for the biggest dinner of my life.
For starters we had our choice of a broth soup or a mushroom soup. I got both being the good exchange student I am. Then our first plate was a red pepper and carrot lasagna with gnocchi. Then the next plate was tortellini with meat. Then the main was two types of meat with spinach, carrots, sour kraut and potatoes. To finish it off we had a strudel with nuts and apples in it. I kinda died between the first meat course and the other meat course. It was so much food! By the time we'd finished eating it was 11:45.
I got to ring in the New Year with style though. We all went out into the cold night and had Slovenian champagne and got to watch fireworks. We also sang.
I didn't go to bed until 2:30 in the morning. We were all singing and just having fun.
(I've changed my playlist. The first one wasn't doing it for me. Now I'm on one called Why am I so Lazy? Question of my life!)
The next morning, we woke up, had breakfast and went for a hike. We went up to the neighboring mountain. About a 3rd of the way up to the summit, we hit snow. I forgot to mention that even though Lazna is in the middle of the woods, there was no snow. So our hike soon turned into a snow hike. It was so much fun. I got to summit the mountain which stands at 1299m. Not 1300m but 1299m. I summited it with my "host" parents, one of my "host" dad's friends and the 10 year old daughter of another triathlon guy. This 10 year old is bad ass. I mean she blew me away. She took charge of the mountain and just mountain girl-ed it up there. At the summit, I got to write in the journal our group's names. Since I was the first American to summit I got a little obnoxious. 'MERICA!
Skiing. Well it sure was eye opening. My dad had to remind me that I'm spoiled when it comes to snow and skiing. Yeah, I am. Still skiing was fun. We went to Piancavallo for a few days. Piancavallo is in the north, next to the biggest US army base in Italy. I heard American English. It made me so happy! We got there around 11 and I was on the hill within a half hour. I used my "host" mom's boots and my host sister's (who's in America) skis and poles. Okay so the snow wasn't great. It was mashed potato snow in the spring but you can't have it all. I got to meet another girl from Gorizia who I roomed with and I got to meet all of Nicola's friends. They snowboarded. Enough said. Piancavallo used to be the sight of the women's world cup Super-G. I got to ski on that run and even see the start house turned into a restaurant. I really enjoyed it.
Okay, I'm going to cut this post short. The next one I'll be writing will be about my birthday yesterday. So stay tuned. I mean that post should be up by the time you read this one.
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