Absolutely Remarkble!

Yesterday was absolutely a full day at the Remarkables. It began at dusk (the van picture) and was a bit scary on the 13.6 km drive up the switchback mountain, but we made it and were one of the first people on the hill. I, personally have not skied for 6 or 7 years so I was more than a little nervous going up the lift for the first time. After a few spills I was back at it! It really doesn't compare to anything I've ever skied before because the only mountain I've been on is Marble in NFLD. Elliot, however, has skied some of the geat mountains in Canada and found it to be somewhat comparable although he of course perfers Canada! He might change his mind after we ski Treble Cone...

There was the three types as usual: beginner, intermdediate and expert. I honestly thought that I would be skiing the expert hills by the end of the day. Turns out I did one of them and was so unbelievably nervous that it was just fine for me to to stick to the beginner and intermediate hills. The beginner hills were steep enough. Elliot is one terrific skier. He went down some spots that made me more than a little nervous but he did them with ease. Hence the time the time when we were skiing one of the intermediates together and he turned around to go down the side of the mountain and said "I'll see you at the bottom" and I replied "are you crazy?!" to which the woman standing beside her husband answered "that's exactly what I just said!". So you can imagine what this mountain looked like!

We had some awesome, high quality rentals from Green Toad which made the day even better. We decided not to do a second day here in Queenstown, but to go to Treble Cone after talking to some people who have skied here before. This one is supposed to be New Zealand's permiere ski destination. We should be there sometime this week.

Elliot and I decided to treat ourselves to apres ski drink so we headed to The World Bar and tried our luck at winning ourselves a free $15 teapot filled with liquor. The trick was to roll a dice and get 4,5 or 6 and it would be free. If you rolled 1, 2 or 3 you had to pay. Elliot rolled a 4 (seriously he has the best luck EVER) and we enjoyed our free teapot. Good times!

That's all of now!
'till next time
Love, Amy & Elliot x