Everyday Wonders: Skiing the Italian Apennines

Step 3 of an Amazing Weekend: Ski the Italian Apennines

It was beautiful, and cold, and snowy, and white, and amazing, and fun, and hard!

I hadn't been skiing since I was 8 years old (11 years ago!) so it was a bit more difficult then I thought it would be. Still, it was a blast and I did quite a bit better then I thought I would have. I think that if I had spent a couple of days there, I would have been close to a pro. That may be a little exaggeration, but whatever.
We took the last bus of the season that went form Florence to Abetone. It was still so snowy and beautiful! They had 2 inches of snow the night before we went so it was all fresh. I absolutely loved skiing and being in the snow. I did follow a group of little ski kids down the bunny slopes at first so I could figure it out but once I remembered, it was great!
We had a picnic lunch and then went back to skiing. Italy doesn't label their trails like they do in the US so there was no way of knowing whether a train was green or black. So I tried to go down this one trail that was very difficult for me. It took me an hour and a half to get down doing a combination of skiing, scooting on my butt, and then walking down with my ski's in my hand. The last bit was so steep and curvy that I thought I would fall off the side of the mountain if I tried to ski down. It was so much fun. I love skiing and I want to go next winter!