Finally got to go up at the mountains in Taupo

It was so very windy sometimes, that we couldn't stand still. Our 2 sleds flew away and it was hard to pick them back. Luckily nice boys that were playing around there helped me. We could feel the snow burning our faces and luckily the wind stopped just on time before the boys given up playing...

 

Em alguns momentos ventava tanto que nao conseguiamos ficar em pe'. A neve batia que queimava nossos rostos. Os nossos trenos voaram e por sorte alguns meninos que brincavam por perto me ajudaram a pega-los de volta. Ainda bem que passou rapido porque os meninos estavam quase desistindo de continuar ali brincando na neve. 

We found some NZ flags on the snow and Victor and Gabriel recognized right away!

Gabriel loved throwing snow and he even threw on people that passed by hahaha

Achamos umas bandeirinhas da NZ enterradas na neve e os meninos logo as reconheceram.

Gabriel adorou brincar de jogar bolinhas de neve nos outros, jogava ate em quem passava por perto hahahaha 

              Victor got tired and lay on the sled to rest...

 Nice and soft snow

Neve fresquinha fresquinha

 A huge Snow man

Um Snow man gigante

 My snow "angels"

 Clara loves snowboarding! Her dad and her have gone some times to Snow Planet (an indoors place for skiing, snowboarding, sleds...) for practicing since she got her own snowboard equipments. She finally got to use them in a real snow. We couldn't get at the ski places because the roads were still closed at that day, but down at the ski resort was already enough for everybody to have some fun (I mean lots of fun!). Augusto found a little hill where they both could snowboarding for hours, while the boys and I played on the fresh snow.

 Clara adora snowboarding! Seu pai e ela tem ido ao Snow Planet (um lugar fechado com neve artificial para esqui, snowboard, trenós ...) para treinar desde que ela ganhou sua propria prancha. Ela finalmente conseguiu usá-la na neve de verdade. Não conseguimos chegar ate as pistas de esqui porque as estradas ainda estavam fechadas nesse dia, mas no resort de esqui já foi suficiente para todos se divertirem um pouco (quero dizer, muito!). Augusto encontrou uma pequena colina, onde ambos puderam snowboarding durante horas, enquanto os meninos e eu brincavamos na neve fresca.