Finally, one of my wishes came true: Liana stood on nordic skis today for the first time! She didn’t really like it at first, as there were several reasons for that: (1) it was really cold, (2) there was quite a lot of people, (3) nordic skiing is not the kind of sport that you come, enjoy and have fun from the first minutes. Nordic skiing is a tough sport on its own, leave out the fact that it takes years to actually learn the technique, which is very important for the enjoyment.
As I am not a professional teacher, nor have I got any experience in teaching nordic skiing from scratch, I don’t think I was a very good helper in learning how to ski. However, I tried really hard and tried to be the most smart about it.
A little later in the day, after we’ve made a little break, the sun cam out and we decided to go for another try. And to my great happiness, Liana liked this time! She started doing all the right moves and she really did them so perfectly that I was amazed to the bottom of my skull! It looked so natural for her. So my tough work at trying out as a teacher paid off well. Most of all, she liked skiing! I could not be more pleased!
We’re definitely taking the most of it next season, and I hope we will take one or may be even two more days this season to go up there and beat the hell of the snow!
Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 20:58 |
Nikita
do you post any of your images on flickR – it would be nice to see some of your adventures.
david in maine
Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 22:29 |
David,
I haven’t yet, but I will in about a week from today (at that time, the lectures will be over and only exams will remain).
I also have a bunch of photographs from last summer, which are pretty exciting, too (e.g.: Ontario African Lion Safari, Toronto Zoo, Royal Ontario Museum and others).
Thank you very much for interest!
Nikita