Skiing in Tignes

15th of February to the 21st of February 2009

CAS element: Action
Time: 35 hours

For my second winter camp of the year, I went for a week at the skiing station of Tignes next to the extremely famous skiing station of Val d'Isere. It was easy to get to the place as the train was almost direct from Paris and all the shuttle bus were free because the skiing World Championship was taking place at this time in Val d'Isere. The only problem was that it was crowded everywhere I went. I made acquaintance with the other teenager and quickly made friends. Everyone was very open and friendly. I believe holidays make people behave that way. Except from the second day, all the others were sunny. The snow was also plentiful and skiing was a real pleasure. In addition, we had access to the skiing slopes of both Tignes and Val d'Isere, which represented about 400km of skiing slopes!! In consequence, we left our place as soon as the slopes opened and stayed until they closed in the evening. I knew that a week would pass by extremely quickly and I wanted to enjoy it as much as possible. At night after a well deserved dinner, my friends and I would play all kind of games until late in the night. Keeping this rhythm for a week was a real challenge. When I got back home my all the muscles in my body were sore and ached from the many bruises. I was exhausted and had to sleep two straight days to recover, however I did not regret any bit of it and I cannot wait for next winter to do the same.