Que Frio!!!

Today has got to be the coldest morning this winter - it was 5 degrees which for Gibraltar standards is very cold. With the cold comes the thought of snow nearby in Ronda, where the snow covered peaks can be seen from Gibraltar.

The area where the snow is more concentrated is called Sierra de las Nieves which is a natural park popular in winter for doing trekking and other outdoor activities. I enjoy visiting this area from time to time and going on short treks through this beautiful mountain range where you have views of Ronda, the Costa del Sol, Gibraltar and even on very clear days - the African coastline.

There is also a ski resort close to Gibraltar, called Sierra Nevada. Although I am not a very good skier I still enjoy a day on the slopes. Two weeks ago when I was considering to start this blog me and my girlfriend decided to go skiing. Well I was going to ski and she was going to enjoy the sun & snow and a nice cup of coffee in warm and cosy café.

The weekend started with very good weather although not a lot of snow this year but at least most of the slopes were open. Even though I normally get a ski lesson every time I go up, this time I said to myself let’s go solo this weekend without the extra lesson. At first I was a bit rusty because it has been a year since I got on the slopes but I slowly got better and better as the day went by. The next day the weather turned for the worse. Skiing got worse and worse with the wind and snow picking up so it became not so enjoyable but the coffee at the end of the day went down very nicely.

At the end of the weekend my legs were in lots of pain and I still needed to drive down from the resort (about 3 hours drive), which is always long and boring , also the weather seemed to have followed us down to Gibraltar as it rained the whole way down.
Hopefully I would be able to go skiing again soon but only time will tell.