Sunday, February 28, 2010

Cross country skiing at Oitta - Espoo

Yesterday (27-Feb-2010), we visited the Oittaa ski resort. It has beautiful cross country track and sledding hill. We hired the basic skiing equipments - ski boots, ski and ski poles (20 euros per person for 3 hours).
The lady at the counter told us the basic tips about skiing. Initially we were getting it all wrong and fell a few times. After a couple of attempts, we were a bit comfortable and could ski without falling down. Although I fell many more time later :-)
The frozen lake in the background. Some people go to sauna and then take a dip in the lake. I wonder how many people would have the courage to do that : Sauna in +80 degrees and then a dip in the freezing cold water :)

The Oittaa ski resort is next to a lake. The lake freezes during winter and people ski on it as well. We did not try to ski over the frozen lake as we are not experts. There is option of having a bonfire and cooking some delicious food. Many people used it for making the hotdogs. The Oittaa resort has a wonderful cafe. We enjoyed some great snacks at the cafe.

2 comments:

Sucheta said...

Yes, it was great fun. And of-course one of your wish came true that day. "Visiting a place in your own car and eating snacks in the car during the breaks. You mentioned that you felt like a rich man :)" I wish all your wishes come true very soon.

Manoj said...

Good collage :-) Good pic with temprature display outthere..