Ironically after renting a house on the mountain slopes of Brezovice (Kosovo) for 4 days to ski and board, the meter of snow we had dumped on us while we were there prevented us from making it up to the mountain top to do so. But it was Adi's first real immersion into snow and he loved it, as the photos show. At one point he was trying to swim in it as we went were 'walking' around the neighborhood enjoying the fresh air, mountain silence and falling snow.
Despite not being able to ski, we had our snow shoes so we headed out onto the trails while leaving the kids with Pranvera's mom. As we headed up the mountain we came across a trail that ended up at a house with their own tow rope and hill for kids to ski on. As we chatted with the owner who turned out to know Pranvera's mom, we were invited back the next day so Adi could practice skiing despite not making it up to the resort. And after I carried him up the hill the next day he enjoyed hours of skiing with their girls as we had tea and lakuma with the family. True Kosovar hospitality.
We loved being back in the mountains, wood burning stove, fresh mountain trout dinner and just family time.
