Once again a long gap between posts; paticularly taking into consideration the events of late.
Last news from me entailed pappa's visit, some crazy good snow conditions and a ski induced, repeat knee injury. The same knee I injured about 14 months ago. Though thankfully it's not the same type of injury. A bit of ambiguity remains as to the severity of my situation: I was walking more or less normally in less than a week, so that is a very good sign. I have since been down to Oslo to have an MRI but it will be a while before I am in one place long enough to have the images examined.
As I was heading down to Oslo anyways, Clinton and I headed out on the town to see the sights. One very random night got us an invite to the Backstreet boys who were playing the following evening. At the time we thought it was a brilliant idea but in the light of day our sober/hungover states helped us weigh up the steep costs against the novelty value of the whole thing.
One very long day later saw us make it up to Åre, in the north of Sweden. 12 Hours is a long time to be on a couple of trains but it wasn't too bad really. We've come up here to do the level 1 Swedish ski instructor's certification. Concern over the condition of my knee prevents me from taking part in the pratical component but I am still able to attend lectures and sit the written examination at the end of the week. I am quite happy to just chill out while Clinton seems to be wearing himself out quite quickly with long days of skiing. Sitting in lectures he struggles to keep his eyes open a lot fo the time.
It's nice to be back in Sweden; I can actually understand people again. My whole time in Norway I was very resistant to learning the language out of fear of bastardising my Swedish. I seem to have more or less succeeded in keeping things relatively stable.
So far I love it here in Åre. It has everything that Geilo was lacking. That town was a little too quiet for me- a few bed-bound weeks made me realise that more than ever. I am making enquiries into working here next season. With a bit of ski instructor's experience under my belt I should have a much better shot than last time.
