Have you been skiing today, my Love? I only tried it once when I was 13-14. I didn’t actually want to go; I would have much rather stayed home with a book, but my mother insisted. Since you couldn’t buy or rent equipment at the time, we had to borrow a pair of adult-sized skis from a friend.
We headed to Stâna de Vale, a beautiful spot about 150km from Cluj – perhaps we’ll go there together sometime.
I practiced ‘walking’ in the skis until we reached the edge of the main slope. As we stood there chatting, someone gave me a push from behind. My ten minutes of practice were no match for that velocity… My journey ended abruptly (and fortunately) in a pine tree. I escaped uninjured, but I haven’t been back on skis since. I prefer the sea anyway…