As well as a lot of training we've also had a lot of fun especially when us girls explored the toboggan ride down the mountain. We were embarrassed when the guy on the ticket office recognised us as "the girls who were running up the side of mountain this morning" . I think we've got a bit of a reputation in town as crazy people as when we told a guy doing a tourist survey that we were here running he replied "is that normal?" ...thanks!
At the top of the toboggan ride we didn't realise/forgot that we were in control of the speed and we very quickly came to an abrupt halt until we figured out what happened...very scary! Not as scary as the moment we then realised than pushing the accelerator stick all the way down meant we then went down the mountain at break neck speeds almost flying off at the corners. Cue lots of girlie screaming! And funny photos...
We've tried not to make too many trips down to Granada because there's "too much oxygen" down there but a few guys went down in the second week to visit the Alahambra Palace which is absolutely beautiful and very popular -fully booked until June- so they walked around the free parts of it but it made for a very good day trip.
As a bit of a treat last Friday we decided to have steak night and all bought steak in town. However when we came to cook and eat it, it just wasn't the same which was disappointing but we've made up for it with evenings out at various restaurants, our favourite being Tito Luigis where we can order lots of 'Brit-Friendly' food such as Pizza, Pasta, Calzone, Salad and a strange pudding that consisted of custard with a soggy digestive biscuit on top. Mmmm yum!
This last week the weathers been hit and miss and we had 24 hours of being stuck inside a cloud; it snowed, rained and was really windy but then it would clear up and we would be outside in shorts and T-shirts applying (in some cases not) sun cream. So when the weather cleared we decided to walk to the summit as a bit of a trip to take photos of the amazing few where you could see for miles! At
2750m some people decided they had had enough and went back down but a small group of us decided to keep going and try and get to the summit. 90minutes of walking later and we were stood in the middle of nowhere, the road having finished a long time before. Most normal people would think 'this is dangerous lets go back'...clearly not a bunch of athletes. Danny & Rich decided they were going to continue climbing beyond 3000m the other four of us decided to slide on our bums in shorts and T-shirts over 300m down the ski slopes to the 'nearby' ski lifts only to be told that we would have to pay €20 each for a day pass for the 10 minute ride back into town. (Oops! The ski operators weren't impressed!) The other two got told off at the top (your not allowed up there without skis) and then had to walk/slide in similar fashion to the ski station and then proceeded to sneak onto the ski lift that the rest of us had given our arms and legs to get on. It was an awesome adventure and gave us some more great memories for the trip even if all of us did badly burn our faces (I understand the need for ski masks now)!!!
We all have some races planned on return so hopefully after all our hard work we will get some rewards and am looking forward to starting my new job next week so lots to look forward to and am excited for the rest of the summer :D
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Gracias y Adios xx
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