Winter sports are lots of fun and our Sunday outdoor ice-skaiting  is certainly a prof of it!  Three city girls we arrived to the quiet country-side, it seems even more quiet during freezing winter.  Dressed in layers and equipped with old skates we are heading to the small frozen pond nearby. Winter forest is stunning, tall trees covered with glittering rime, animals tracks in the snow, and above it  all -  a magnificent silence. A unique natural world seeing winter dreams!

So here we are out in the wilderness trail anticipating great outdoor fun in a great sunny day!  I’ m making my first awkward  steps on the ice accompanied with giggle of my coaches for the day. I glide unsteadily, while my friends are trying out new skating moves. We periodically picking each other up from the ice before stumbling onward.  It’s a mystery for me how professional figure skaters gracefully glide on the ice like its the most natural way to move. Seams like all I can do on ice is – stay still and pose:)

Figure skating is one of my favorite sports. During winter Olympics my whole family turns into enthusiastic fans. We judge, we support, we wait impatiently the turn of Russian skaters. We breathlessly stare at TV during their 2-3 minutes performance, endure their mistakes and celebrate their excellence. It’s amazing sport. I love watching it and of course I would love to skate better. It’s really never too late to enjoy skating and this day is one more prove of it. We just hanging around, chatting and skating loosely, breathing-in fresh air and fall occasionally.

However my fingers are frozen, it’s time to go back home. Our figure skating session is over for now, we wave and bow to the imaginary crowd. Truth must be told – we might never be able to do  a figure-eight or a triple-spin in the air, but we do have hugely enjoyable experience and lot’s of fun during our outdoor skating trial.