So, I am working on putting some pictures up but may take me a little while. Please excuse any odd punctuation, these latin american keyboards are confusing as some keys have three options and I cannot (see I wanted to write can}t but I get a } instead of an apostrophe) seem to figure it out. Hey, I figure it may make for some interesting posts. Anyway, I made it up to Portillo today and it really is just a stop in the middle of the mountains. I get to ski from about noon to 5 and while it was a little icy and we could use some snow I can honestly say that it was the best skiing I have ever had on July 18th!

Funny thing I have realized is that ciao seems to be the most ubiquitous word in the world. It is obviously Italian but I will tell you that I know that Germans use it, and now I have seen that both the French and Spanish speaking worlds us it as well. Odd. I have a lot to share with you guys but I am feeling the altitude (base is about 9,000 ft.) so I don{t (see, there it is again) have it in me to write too much more tonight. Hopefully we get some snow soon and I will be able to share some sick action shots (how am I going to take action shots of myself? I do not know yet but it is going to happen!).