So, I just got back from a week in Vemdalsskalet (http://www.vemdalsskalet.com/) with Mia, her brother, his wife and their two children. Maja, one of Pidde's daughters took ski lessons and she took to them like a natural. As you can see below, she has already got the hang of standing on other peoples equipment, just like a real skiier  With only 1 hour lesson a day I was surprised when I arrived that she was already going down the lesson slope on her own and by mid-week had even figured how to ride the button lift on her own.

It was the first time I had seen Mia in a fair while so it was great to see her again and get to spend time with her after so long. Unfortunately she decided not to ski this year so my slope time was spent with her brother Pidde.

Pidde and I ended up having two competitions. One to see who fell over the most and the other to see who could kick up the most snow at each other. I went down twice within about a minute of each other after hitting a couple of bumps in the snow coming off a bridge and just before the chair lift. Then Pidde fell while trying to turn around from standing followed by a pretty spectacular jump followed by face first snow plough impression down the mountain. Luckily he was unhurt so the competition continued.

Pidde did eventually win the falling over competition after her put his pole in the snow behind my snowboard causing me to go over backwards (bending his ski pole) and sliding backwards down the mountain. I realised I wouldnt be able to stop my slide with my hands so spun around and jammed my snowboard in the snow to come to a stop. That is when Pidde took the opportunity to draw level for kicking snow up at each other as he came down the mountain and sprayed me with snow as I sat there recovering  Curse you Pidde, next time I will have my revenge...

Got to do some night riding too (well it was pre-8pm but it was still dark )

All in all it was a fun week and a good restart to being with Mia again. Just a shame it had to end and now I have work tomorrow instead. Guess you can't stay on holiday forever...