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Boston (February 17th) Day - 8

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Going home. I'm sad to leave but I can't stay forever! Early wake up for around 4am shower changed and out the hotel by 6am. There's really not much to talk about when travelling on a plane all day! I watched Total Recall and Hotel Transylvania, ate some crappy plane food and attempted to sleep for a bit. Once we landed in London Heathrow around half 7pm we got our bags and headed home! That's it! All over, back to normal tomorrow, healthy eating and going to the gym. Even though I skied for 4 days straight I still put in weight. But what can I say I love food and I love America. Till next years ski trip! See you in the 2014 season! Thanks for reading!

Stowe/Boston (February 16th) Day - 7

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Shopping day!! Even though all the skiing is over I get to go shopping in the outlets! I packed up the night before, we said goodbye to the ski home we had for the few days we were there for and headed out for breakfast. We went to McCarthys, French toast, bacon, eggs and hash. With maple syrup of corse! A breakfast for chaps I would say! After breakfast we headed to MirriMack outlet! Lets spend all my dolla! I chatted to a guy in Zumiez who wants to take a long board trip form the west side to the east, sounded like an awesome idea. I also talked to him about where he was studying! He thought about coming over to the UK and studying in Swansea uni!!!! Of course I told him to go for is just so u could hang out with him ha haa! I bought lots of t shirts, hoodies and a bargain on new era hats! $5 each, which is about £3.35 back home!! Off to the same hotel as we were when we first arrived in Boston! We went for a final mean in downtown Boston. Legal seafood, oh my was that some ...

Stowe (February 14-15th) Days 5-6

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So I'm a little behind on updating the old blog! But can you blame me there's snow on the mountains that call my name!! Day 5: So as per usual early wake up and on the mountain by half 9 ish. Snow was good although patches were starting to form mougles and ice! But hey what's fun without a bit of danger! We decided not to eat on the mountain and went for food in the town later on in the day, pizza was the plan! Chilled out until about 7pm then we went to a place called The Hob Knob Inn, nice little place. Our waitress was Kass and she was so awesome! Lots of banter and talking about routes on the mountain! She happened to be an instructor for little kids! Even though I would give that job a shot, it sounds like a lot of hard work ha ha! Day 6: Leftover pizza for breaky!! Cold of course! Today was our last day on the mountain so I had to make the most of it! We were on the mountain at 9am sharp! Warm up was good and freshly groomed snow! Today was going to be awe...

Stowe (February 13th) Day - 4

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Second day on the slopes!! Standard breakfast to start off on the slopes by 9:30am. These blog entries are starting to get shorter! We had a better day of skiing today. The ice had been groomed over and a small amount of powder fell over night! It was still snowing which I'm not complaining about, bring on the pow!! We went on the other side of the mountain today nice long runs and I nearly hit the park! But I decided to save it and go Friday! We went for lunch in town cause its like $20 for a freaking hamburger up the mountain! After we payed a visit to the Ben & Jerry's factory for a tour and a free sample of "Molten Lava" top secret stuff! Although I love Ben & Jerry's so whatever they make its good with me! Even though I couldn't have my favourite flavour (Baked Alaska) Anyhoo we went for Mexican food tonight taco heaven! Love it!

Boston/Stowe (Febuary 11th) Day - 2

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Early wake up today! We are off to Stowe!! Shower changed and out the door! Our friends rented a massive Chevrolet truck seeing as we will need the storage room and people carrying capacity. We went for breakfast in Dunkin' Doughnuts I ordered a Big 'N' Toasted and it was awesome!!!! After I polished off a massive breakfast it was on the highway and onwards to Stowe! We arrived at Stowe and went for a little bite to eat and a look around the area. We picked up the skis and headed to the apartment where we were staying. We went out for pizza, which was awsm on to tomorrow first ski day!!

Stowe (February 12th) Day - 3

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So it's finally here ski day número uno! Wake up at 7am left over pizza a d mtn dew for breaky and on the slopes by 9am. The snow was dumping it down with about 1 inch per hour! Powder heaven!! Th weather started to pick up around 11am, heavy wind started to shift the powder into mougles. Under the powder was a sheet of ice, which isn't fun. I fell twice right into a powder wall, yard sale!!!! After finishing the skiing we went to a sports bar to drink a few bevvies an then back to the apartment for a wash up.

Boston 2013 (10th Febuary) Day - 1 let's try it again

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So after having two days of our holiday cut short nothing could be done about the weather! But we set off around half 9 in the morning, traffic was good we managed to park the car and get to check in half an hour early! Once we checked in we went for food, all day breaky and a pint of red stripe! The perfect way to start a ski trip! The flight was good, small amount of turbulence but nothing too bad! I managed to sneak my gopro to film a time lapse for take up and landing so the footage for that should look pretty sweet! We were stuck on the runway for about half an hour before the plane could park up, and then we had to face the dreaded departure line! Out of the airport, grabbed the bags and ready to go! As we walked out of the airport our friends from Florida were waiting for us, we managed to hitch a ride to the hotel, checked in and got our bags into the room. We went for food in the hotel a little pricey but as I didn't it the filth on the plane I was starving! I o...

Boston 2013 (7th Febuary) - Day 1

So here we go again ski season! This year I'm off to Stowe in Vermont. So we left Cardiff at about 4pm ish, not a bad trip down to London although I nearly forgot the all important GoPro! I'm still going with my patents as I can't afford to go with mates but I'm not complaining its snow! When we arrived at the hotel we checked in, dumped the bags and went to a pub called the pheasant for a bit of food! The meals were huuuge! But I was starving. When we got back to the hotel I got ready to bed and mum had a text from British Airways saying that our flight had been canceled due to a snowstorm over the east coast of USA. As you can imagine I was not a happy bunny, nor were our parents. After arranging a new flight to Boston on Sunday afternoon form Heathrow we decided to drive back home the following morning. Even though I was disappointed I'm still thinking positive about the trip! If there's a snowstorm that means there is going to be crazy amounts o...