Grenoble is a place that keeps growing on me. I feel really at home and comfortable here. That being said, I also feel that I've passed another milestone to being a part of Grenoble... I bought skis! A friend and I made an outing to check out skis at a second-hand shop, and we both walked out with our very own skis. All together, my skis, boots and poles cost around 78 euros. Not too bad, eh? Well they're not the fanciest skis, but they work!
I tested them out for the first time last weekend when we went to a nearby ski resort called les Deux Alpes. We arrived in the parking lot on our student bus (we both got student ski cards despite not being students this year haha!) and were quite confused... there wasn't a single patch of snow in sight! With a slight feeling of hesitation, we decided to see what we had gotten ourselves into for the day and we took the gondola up the side of the mountain. Our gondola took us to the base of a village, which we walked up through to find ourselves at the ski resort. The snow ended up being ok, not fantastic, but it was a great day out nonetheless. The ski resort is on a sort of plateau at the top of the mountain and we found some nice views the further up we went.
We also met a group of friends for lunch and again for drinks at the apres-ski party, complete with live DJ on top of the mountain. All in all, it was a wonderful day with great people and absolutely incredible views. See for yourself.
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