So... lets enjoy winter before it goes and try something new, I thought, and borrowed a pair of waterproof trousers from one of my extreme sports-loving flatmates and hopped on the rychlík to Otrokovice while Jitka arranged to borrow some jackets from her parents and book some equipment from a ski rental place. After the previous weekend seeing hordes of people cross-country skiing on Praděd, we decided that this weekend we would go have some fun in the snow before it went. For me this would also be a completely new experience, having never touched a pair of skis before in my life. As I arrived in Zlín, the sun was out and the temperature finally seemed to be peeking above freezing. The next morning, when we planned to take the skis and go, we looked
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