Snowboarding in Bansko, Bulgaria!!
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Not sure if it can be attributed to global warming, as Canada and Utah have had some amazing snowfall, up to 12 metres in fact!! but Europe unfortunately has not :-| A lot of people who booked holidays early in the season exercised their drinking muscles while wistfully looking at pictures on the wall of the snow covered pistes that they had expected to be riding. Thankfully by planning our trip late in the season, and with the help of some comprehensive snowmaking facilities, there was enough snow to give us five days of coverage. .....and five absolutely bluebird days they were too! The resort is about the same size as Turoa and we found a few pretty cool runs that we hit for the week. Pretty happy with my riding now. I think some jumps and going to be on the agenda for next years trip to Whistler!! :-)))
Bansko is an interesting town. The pictures that you see of it look stunning with a lovely dusting of snow covering the ground. When that snow isn't present however, the place looks slightly less glamourous. The number of new developments going up is crazy. Dozens of buildings are going up and the combination of half finished buildings and the amount of rubble lying around makes it look like had been recently bombed out. Thankfully they have left the medieval village in the centre of town untouched. I hope they have a run of good seasons that encourage enough people to take up the hundreds of new apartments.
The culture is quite different to the west with customer service not being on a par with what a westerner may expect. This was a bit frustrating at first, especially while trying to cancel my cards after having my wallet stolen, but after a while it became pretty funny. Quite amusing indeed :-)
All in all it was a pretty sweet trip and was great to have Gav and Jen with us for a bit. Getting very excited about Whistler next year.
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Not sure if it can be attributed to global warming, as Canada and Utah have had some amazing snowfall, up to 12 metres in fact!! but Europe unfortunately has not :-| A lot of people who booked holidays early in the season exercised their drinking muscles while wistfully looking at pictures on the wall of the snow covered pistes that they had expected to be riding. Thankfully by planning our trip late in the season, and with the help of some comprehensive snowmaking facilities, there was enough snow to give us five days of coverage. .....and five absolutely bluebird days they were too! The resort is about the same size as Turoa and we found a few pretty cool runs that we hit for the week. Pretty happy with my riding now. I think some jumps and going to be on the agenda for next years trip to Whistler!! :-)))
Bansko is an interesting town. The pictures that you see of it look stunning with a lovely dusting of snow covering the ground. When that snow isn't present however, the place looks slightly less glamourous. The number of new developments going up is crazy. Dozens of buildings are going up and the combination of half finished buildings and the amount of rubble lying around makes it look like had been recently bombed out. Thankfully they have left the medieval village in the centre of town untouched. I hope they have a run of good seasons that encourage enough people to take up the hundreds of new apartments.
The culture is quite different to the west with customer service not being on a par with what a westerner may expect. This was a bit frustrating at first, especially while trying to cancel my cards after having my wallet stolen, but after a while it became pretty funny. Quite amusing indeed :-)
All in all it was a pretty sweet trip and was great to have Gav and Jen with us for a bit. Getting very excited about Whistler next year.
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