Travel Exposure

For Christophe’s winter break, we decided to go skiing in Brand, Austria.  It was only a 90-min drive.  Our kinderhotel (hotel that caters to kids) was at the base of the beginner run which was great.  All we had to do was walk Christophe over for his lessons.  He was at the beginner hill the first few days and then progressed to the bigger hill which was only a 10 minute walk.  Brian was able to join him on the last two days.  Christophe did really great and even made it up to the top and down several times (over 1000 meters).  At the end of the lessons, the kids did a race.  Christophe came in 2nd and received a trophy.  He was really proud (so were his parents!).  We decided not to put Camille in skiing lessons this year.  She did some sledding but did try on skis that go over your boots.  I did snowshoeing with Brian for the first time.  It was lots of fun plus the weather was perfect.  I also managed to cross-country ski a few times.  Brian and I also took a mini-archery course offered by the hotel.  All in all, it was a great holiday!