Trento - Trent Ski Trip

I just got back from a weekend ski trip, and I am tired. But! I must get my photos uploaded. I went to Trento, about 2.5 hours north and east of Milano. Trento is, to my knowledge, most famous for playing an important role during the reformation. At one church we passed, meetings to discuss a new branch of Christianity were held in the famous Council of Trent. I believe Martin Luther held meetings there with others. Very cool.
 In Trento I stayed at a hostel Friday to Sunday, skiing on Saturday and Sunday. To ski, we drove 30 minutes up Monte Bondone to a ski resort. A beautiful one at that. My first day was spent mainly learning to ski, but by today I was good enough to spend they day going down normal hills. Unfortunately, I don't have a ton of pictures here. Skiing takes two hands, after all. But it was a ton of fun, and my peers got a few great photos. The mountains reminded me of Alaska, but there were definitely fewer. You don't see peaceful grassy villages from the mountains of Alaska either. There first day was cloudy... but we were ABOVE the clouds. We couldn't see the valleys, but it was very pretty nonetheless. Today was clear and we could see everything. I think I got sunburn, or maybe windburn. Anyway, as I did before, here is a link to the photo album with commentary.

And here's a bonus video of Massimo warming us up on the second day. The three of us here (Isabella, Allie, me, front to back) were the star students, who did the first slope on our first day. The others weren't confident enough and trained a bit longer. By the end of the trip everyone went down that slope at least. Massimo kept calling us his champions.