Baikalsk

This small town at the south end of Lake Baikalsk have a round 16 000 people and a ski resort, and knowing Ove he did every effort to get a few days on skis. We stayed at a small hotel only 500 m. from the slopes. I think we where the only foreign tourist there, only one person at the hotel could speak English (and she worked in the office). And at the restaurant the menu was only in Russian and no pictures, so Natalie had to come with us to the restaurant every time to help us with the ordering….. Think the waiters where a pit scared of us, because they ran to get Natalie every time we entered.

 Renting skis was another big challenge, luckily there was another customer  that could speak English and translate for us.   Tiril had her first ski lesson with Ludmila, a Russian ski instructor how know a little bit English. But they most have communicated somehow because Tiril learned to go down by herself and also how to turn. Lars also tried but his skis lived a life of their own and just would not go where they where suppose to. In the end he could go down hill….he just didn’t know how to stop.  Both Tiril and Lars loved the snow tubing, and probably could have done that all day.    

 

After skiing all day, we had a nice relaxing time in the hotel’s private sauna. 

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