skiing-sestriere, italy dec 26-31st, 2010

a non-flattering photo of us ready for a day of skiing

matthew

christopher, only photo I could get of them. otherwise they were blasting down the slopes

italian and french alps

loved the lighted angels in front of the church, we could see these from our hotel window. there were two of them. in background you can see the lighted slope for the ski show that evening

there were many participants at the ski show on one of the olympic slopes. it was a cold and long show

their olympic symbol and olympic slope in background

3 very nice days of skiing. weather cooperated nicely, about 32 degrees F, little wind and sunshine.  It has snowed a great deal just prior to our arrival which was perfect.  There were crowds but we avoided them by skiing on the shadier side of the mountain. The italians will always seek out the sun. Sestriere also had a lovely indoor/outdoor heated swimming pool which was fun to use after a day of skiing. great to be in the freezing cold swimming outdoors while watching the sun set on the alps.