Skiing in Auron

One sad thing about going to a Japan, a country not exactly famed for being generous about their holiday allocation, and which is also rather far away from Europe, is that before leaving, you get this feeling like it's the last time you go to the places you go to (since we might not come back here during our sparse holidays...). That's maybe over-dramatizing a little bit, but that's the feeling I've started to get...

So, today, then, was "the last time we were going to go skiing in this part of the world". Not the end of the world, and maybe not even true, but I will for sure miss the ski resorts over here, Isola, Auron and Greolieres (although I think skiing in Japan is supposed to be pretty awesome, too!). So, for this "last ski trip of ours", we chose Auron, basically since the weather forecast looked the best there.

All in all, we had a fantastic time. Conditions were just perfect, with the sun shining bright in the blue sky. The snow was good, and in spite of it being school holiday season, Auron wasn't that busy. We spent a rather intensive day doing most of the pistes that were open - we even packed a picnic lunch, which we enjoyed under a pine tree - so that we could maximize the skiing time (since, admittedly, we didn't get up for quite as early a start as we might've wanted to).

So, bye bye Auron, at least for now!