Anne Abroad--The Sequel: We're working on it

This may be the most beautiful place in the world. This afternoon, Maddie was swimming in the indoor pool which has huge panoramic windows. So I spent an hour-and-a-half alternating between watching my daughter play in the pool (she makes up all these games) and gazing at the snow covered Alps. Awesome. I decided to skip my commune with the naked people today, but may be up for it again tomorrow.

I took my last ski lesson today. Maddie feels good enough about her own skiing and comfortable enough with the instructor to go it alone. Yay! I really want to WANT to be a skier or snowboarder. In theory, it would be awesome to be one of the people swooshing down the mountain, but in reality, I find it pretty miserable. It makes my feet and ankles hurt. It's cold and if I zig when I should have zagged, I could really hurt myself. I want to the person taking the pictures and relaxing in the lodge.

So far my pictures haven't really captured the place, but now that I'm freed from skiing, I can work on that.

Skip did not have such a good day. He didn't feel well this morning and looked even worse. When Maddie and I headed out for our lesson, he decided to just rest. It was a good decision since he spent the morning heaving his guts up in the bathroom before collapsing in the bed. We're all just thankful he didn't get on a ski lift! He feels a little (and looks a lot) better than he did this morning. He generally bounce back pretty quickly when he is sick. We're hoping after a good nights sleep, he can hit the slopes again tomorrow.

You might say we're having a little trouble getting our groove on, but we'll get there. The scenery is beautiful, the snow is plentiful and soft, the hotel is great and the staff is beyond fantastic. I don't think we've ever had better service anywhere we've stayed. Tomorrow in another (hopefully healthy) day.