and so off we went to the famed blackforest mountains of germany, also known as schwarzwald. it was a school trip, so we were a group of mainly exchange students (singaporeans, an indonesian, a taiwanese, a hungarian and a latvian), one german student and our school councillor. set off on saturday morning for a 3 hour trip to altglashutten, where our hotel would be.
the weather wasn't very pleasant up in the mountains. mostly wet and and cold and with dark clouds looming overhead. when we set off for lunch after checking into the hotel, there was heavy snow just before we hustled into a restaurant. long-awaited snow for the blackforest skiers who had been relying heavily on artificial snow. haha. and when we got out, the surroundings were a beautiful pristine white! unavoidably, snowfights ensued and the girls were a prime target. poor us la!
and so we began our climb up the herzogenhorn, which is one of the peaks of the blackforest. our councillor, though 53 years of age, was freaking fit!!! he was leading the pack and had to stop quite a few times to wait for us youthful but stamina-less students. haha. inese, our latvian friend, climbed even faster than him, coz she's used to the cold. latvian winters go as cold as negative 29degC!! i think i would need 10 heat packs a day if i ever go there in winter. haha.
the second day was spent at the museum of nature and climbing up the feldberg, which is the highest peak of the blackforest. this was tiring!! for me at least. haha. i was dying after one slope. and with the wind howling around us, snow swirling and fog thickening, it certainly didn't follow the chinese saying, ‘爬得越高，看得越远' haha. soon all we could do was to follow the bright orange fence that lined the way up. i think for the 2 days, the skiers who zoomed past us in their technicolour skisuits and cool ski sets must have been am-chio-ing away. haha. wished we could just hang on to the ski lifts as well! looks so effortless. haha
and it was only when we reached the foot of the mountain on our train when we saw the blue sky again. haha how the weather plays tricks on us.
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