It's been a fairly interesting week in Kaprun. While fabulous to be living back down in the town, we are working our arses off since pretty much everyone else has gone back to their countries of origin and left us instructing and doing shop work every day. Ski mit uns finished their season so Tom has been working for us on privates this week. We prepared 200 sets of skis poles and boots for the imminent arrival of English school-groups. I've been taught by my (UGH) 'boss' how to check skis, wax them, grind them, set bindings, etc etc. With both of us working it's at 14€/h so it's worth it, but it does mean we sleep well at the end of the day. Usually at 8 or 9 o'clock when we crash. With most of the other instructors gone it doesn't leave us much else to do anyway so we just sleep, eat, and work. Finally payed off the rent from living up on the Maiskogel so we are in the black :)
My foray into demoing skis didn't go so well - the cheaper skis I tried were better than mine but not great and I've found great ones for a whopping 1100€. So the search continues...
The German is slowly getting better - had 2 conversations yesterday with strangers that went alright. It's annoying that I seem to be better with strangers than with friends who try to practice with me. Less nervous maybe? Dunno.
For those who asked, the post address is still the same. (c/o Skischule Oberschneider) Letters, photos, chocolate, and cash are always well appreciated. Thanks to Sarah (and Mum) for a fabulous package including a huge amount of Dairy Milk which I have thus far successfully hidden from the boy...muahahaha. (I'm not so much a bitch as just trying to have a tiny bit before he demolishes it like anything else I leave in sight).
My Esprit group for the week is already over - I had seven 5-9y.o. boys which were a bit of a handful. Thankfully I can still out-ski them.
Love always
Amanda
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3 comments:
glad you finally got the package :)
has mona visited u yet??
there's this girl who catches my bus like every day and she looks like u amanda lol
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for posting the new photos on your blog. It was great to see you and Tom looking so happy, although we did notice rather a lot of beer drinking going on!
Good luck in your search for a new pair of skis. It must be nice to be able to test them out before buying.
We miss you here at 5 Cooper St. It will be even more quiet when Sarah leaves for China on Saturday.
I have been spending a lot of time running, and have also learnt to meditate. It is very relaxing. I can highly recommend it! Perhaps it would help you to be able to stay calm when dealing with groups of young boys on skis!!!
Take care,
Love Mom XXX
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