Amazing. That's the best way to describe today. In the morning I decided to repeat the turning lesson, which was a wise choice. My class was made up of myself and six women, who were all as bad or worse than me. Our teacher was better than the guy yesterday, too. I learned how to transfer my weight from my toe-edge to my heel-edge to make a left turn. It turns out that this is a pretty natural motion. Going from heel-edge to toe-edge to turn right is much more difficult, though, and I was still falling often. Over lunch I had a reunion with Daniel and Cathy from the original Stray crew. Both are experienced boarders, and Daniel is an expert, as I suppose many Swiss are. I wanted to try a real slope, but was afraid of getting off the lift, so they took me up. It was pretty rough at first, as I could only slide down on my toe-edge, which is very tiring. You have to zig-zag so you use different muscles. And since I was moving right all the time on my toes, I would fall on the right side, which meant I would have to get up on my heel-edge, which I couldn't do at first. I finally got the hang of this, and eventually could start on the left, make it to the right, turn, and make it to the left before falling. A few times though I was able to zig-zag back and forth a couple times, and it was great. Snowboarding is a difficult sport to learn, but a rewarding one. I wish I had more time to devote to it. I feel that with two more days of practice I could start nailing right turns, then I would be set. Unfortunately, I have to move on. I want to go again soon, though, so I won't have to start from scratch next time. Even with all the falling, I had a great time today. Much better than yesterday.

Tonight was out last night for Queestown's "legendary" nightlife. I've heard so much about how great it is, but in reality is sucks. We did have a brief reunion with Clare and Sara from the original crew. I've created controversy with my last anecdote.