Dizin

Just two hours from Tehran and a beautiful ride will get you to one
of Iran's best skiing resorts; Dizin. 
I've only been on a winter sports vacation once before and that was 
no great succes. But hey, who says you shouldn't try twice!

I was afraid that i would be afraid again.
The higher we got in the mountains,  the more anxious i got,
though mostly in a positive way.
Are is very much at home in the snow and on the mountains
and Safa was a skiing instructor before he became a chauffeur. 
That was comforting.

From what i hear, we were incredibly lucky with the weather;
fresh snow, bright sun, no wind. It was indeed fantastic.
And it was good that a local instructor came up to us
to teach me how to ski that morning.
That gave the men the opportunity to have their own snow fun
on this beautiful day in Dizin.

My instructor only spoke Farsi. And i, well... i don't. 
Communicating was a bit funny and at one point 
i got very frustrated because i felt i was doing something wrong, 
but couldn't explain it to him.
He was very patient tough, and did get me to ski. I was so excited!!

I fell quite a few times, but no bruises and it did not hurt at all. 
I realise that i was not afraid to fall, but got scared when i felt loosing 
control over the speed, which made it too difficult for me to steer.
So i just dropped myself to give myself a break. How metaforical! 

So second time winter sports was a succes.
Now I really want to get a hang of this. It's great!
Perhaps next weekend we can stay over  in Dizin. 
By that time i should have recovered from the muscle ache 
and ready to go again...

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