Kosciuszko

It sounds like a colorful profanity but it's not. It is really a beautiful word but not nearly as beautiful as the mountain it is named after. Obviously, as soon as we heard about its existence we wanted to experience the great Kozzie firsthand. We thought we would wait for the snow to melt but then a work colleague offered us access to a ski lodge and what sort of Canadians would we be to shy away from snow - or an empty ski lodge for that matter. So while all our friends are dreading the approach of winter we hunted it down and reveled in its last glimmery offerings of the year. 

Kozzie did not disappoint in any way. The weather gods were on our side and so were the weird angelic non-complaining children that took over the bodies of our own. Well, except for Tova, she fended off any angelic takeovers with her strong kicks and yelps. And so we sat on top of Australia and can now claim to have gotten the upper hand of this large wild country. I take my hat off to the Snowy Mountains because they were awesome. What lucky folks we are that we could as a family stroll in an alpine zone on the most beautiful of days to the highest mountain peak in Australia. 

After taking the chair lift we had 14.5 km to walk. Aurora thought this was a walk in the park and was still full of energy by the end. We have thus renamed her kangarora. Sophia walked more than she ever has in her life - all the way up unassisted and much of the way down (about 12 km). And she kept repeating how lucky we were to be in such a beautiful place with such a nice sun. And we all felt pretty pleased and impressed with ourselves by the end of the weekend. And impressed with Australia.

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