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“Oh, do you know Putin?” How a Tyumen journalist decided to continue her career in the USA

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Tatyana Pankina

December 6, 2021, 12:45

“There are moments when I feel like an outsider,” says our heroine, “but in general, I feel good, comfortable here, I understand how everything is arranged here, I vote in local elections.

..

Аgrippina Fadel is our countrywoman, who once chose life in the United States of America. In this young woman, a steel rod is immediately felt. She received her higher education in Tyumen, worked as a journalist, but is not afraid of any work, and since 2010 she has gone from a waitress abroad, like many emigrants, to a flight attendant in an international airline, and now she is receiving a second education, while trying her hand at American journalism. Is it easy to be Russian in Florida, how to start writing news in English and what you have to sacrifice for this, Agrippina told Vsluh.ru.

“Do you have bears there?”

– What are your colleagues’ names?

– Agrippina.

Is your name difficult for them?

– Yes, many have a problem with it, because it is incomprehensible, long, difficult to pronounce because of the difference in the pronunciation of “p” and “r”. But over time, they get used to it, they cope.

— Have you ever thought about making a shorter, English-friendly version of your name?

– At work in a restaurant they call me Grunya. When it’s really difficult, they shorten it to G (ji). They explain that they don’t want to distort, pronounce incorrectly.

When I introduce myself as a professional, I always say Agrippina because that is my full name. I thought about it seriously when I started flying. After all, there should be no room for doubt on the plane with whom exactly you are talking. For example, there are procedures when the captain or chief steward calls, you need to pick up the phone and introduce yourself. I realized that I need to choose one name and introduce myself only like that.

To be honest, I don’t care how they pronounce it. Although I don’t think it’s such a complicated name. And when people try, I am pleased. The main thing is to try.

– Why do I ask, when a person calls a similar name, the question immediately arises of where he comes from. How soon do your interlocutors, colleagues realize that you are from Russia?

– This is never the first choice. Because the name is not perceived as Russian. If the interlocutors have some kind of Spanish or Latin American background, then they think that I am from there, because by some miracle this name is popular in Latin America and in Spain. They ask me: “Where does your name come from?” – “It’s Greek.” – “Oh, I was in Greece!” – “I was there too, but I’m from Russia.” Well, I mean, it’s a difficult conversation every time. I repeat the same thing because the situation repeats itself over and over again. And it seems to me that for the rest of my life I will say: “Yes, a Greek name…”, “I grew up in Russia…”, “They named after my grandmother…”.

When I was little, I didn’t like the name. Because, it seems to me, children always want to be like everyone else, not to stand out from the crowd. Otherwise, difficulties arise. And my character was enough for me to be teased by my peers. I grew up as a girl with my own opinion, this opinion was not always popular. And then there’s the unusual name.

But when I was a teenager, my dad once told me that an interesting name means an interesting life… It’s all fantasy, maybe, but as I grew up, I began to have more respect for my parents’ decisions. Moreover, my grandmother, the mother of my father, was a heroine for him. Her portraits stood at home. I knew it was Agrippina’s grandmother. It was as if they pointed me to a certain ideal that must be met, although it was not very clear what to correspond to. She died during the war when dad was 11 years old. Did he really know her?

– Well, so far, your dad’s words about an interesting fate are confirmed. And when you communicate with ordinary Americans and they find out that you are from Russia, does the attitude towards you change?

– Most of my friends, acquaintances, colleagues are Americans or English speakers. Only a couple of people from Russia. It seems to me that where I come from does not change the energy of the relationship, does not add or take anything away from our communication. There may be some jokes. Like: “Do you have bears there?”. That is, stereotypes are an easy and proven way to find common themes. People can joke about this topic, ask questions, also in jest, or they are really interested.

Moreover, it is not Russia as a whole that attracts more interest, but Siberia in particular! “Oh, is it cold in there?” “Yes, it’s cold out there.” — “How cold is it there?” — and I say how cold it is. – “And how to live there?” “It’s okay, you get used to everything.” “But Florida is better, isn’t it?” “It’s good everywhere, it’s just a different climate.” – “From Siberia to Florida – how so ?!!” – “Sailed!”

Generally a very good attitude. Or when there is some news from Russia, people usually ask me something, clarify it. No negatives or claims. Often good conversations happen with those who are interested in geopolitics. And since, while living in Tyumen, I worked out a couple of events involving Putin, people say: “Oh, you know Putin?” – “Well, he hardly recognizes me in the crowd and on Friday evening he won’t call to ask how I’m doing.” (smiles) And this is more a plus than a minus.

Ruled mercilessly

— What were your last materials about in the place where you now work?

– I write news for the online publication of the city of Tamarack with a population of approximately 60 thousand people. It is part of the Miami Fort Lauderdale agglomeration, which has a total population of 6 million people. Everything is close there, but at the same time, Tamarak is considered a separate city. It is located about 25 minutes from the neighboring city where I live. This week (at the time of the conversation. – Note ed.) the local Jewish center in Tamarak began a course … How can this be translated into Russian? “Outsmarting Anti-Semitism”. Certain events at the local level again make the local community turn to this topic. Many young Jews feel a certain way, not quite comfortable, and do not know how to behave in this. This course should help them.

I also wrote recently that Tamarak is the best city on Earth!

— Do they know that they have serious competition?! (laugh)

– And the bottom line is that since 2009 they have been conducting a survey of the population about how comfortable it is to live in the city. As the survey shows, everything is getting better and better. Residents feel safe, they trust the government, the streets have become cleaner, there are more bike paths. The person presenting the report told the city commission that they should be proud of themselves, because 2018 was already good, and now even better. And he cites their results as an example to other cities: “Be like Tamarak.” This is what I am writing about.

By the way, it’s interesting to compare the actions of local authorities, because Russian politics is a little bit in a box – everyone understands everything, but not for publication. And here they speak frankly, they don’t care. For example, at the same city commission, someone interrupted someone. And it began: “You didn’t say anything to him, but my friend interrupted, you told him!” “Our mayor can’t run this meeting!” And so on. And the mayor replied: “Why make a problem out of nothing?” To which he was told: Cool your jets (cool your engine – cool it down)! Such situations are not uncommon. Surprisingly interesting to listen to. And the more I go into this process, the better I understand what is happening, who is for whom, and so on.

— How did you get into this publication?

– It so happened that before the start of the global pandemic, our aviation union entered into a preliminary agreement with the airline where I worked. The procedure has not been completed, but the agreement gives the right to a free college. And I decided to use it. For a year now I have been getting a new profession – a human resources specialist. At the same time, my friend and I decided to open our own Draftsy website. And until I managed to find a job in a new specialty – everywhere they require at least three years of experience – I decided, having already started writing for my website, why not actually work in journalism? After all, this is what I can do.

I decided to give myself a month and a half to search. I changed my resume and somehow started sending out on Friday. Three days later, on Monday, I received a message from my current editor. And I didn’t see him…

The next Friday she wrote: “Well, you don’t answer anything, we’ll look for someone else.” This is the message I saw the next day, on Saturday. I thought: damn, I’m an idiot. Before that, she turned off reminders, and when she started sending resumes, she didn’t turn on or check messages. But I still wrote to her, I apologized for not answering right away. She responded: “Come on, show me what you have.” I submitted what I posted on Draftsy and a couple of other texts. “This is all, of course, wonderful,” she wrote, “but you have no news, and everything that is published, you published yourself. ”

– And then you send her news in Russian!

– Yes, I thought about sending news from the Tyumen Line, three years of my life: “Governor Vladimir Yakushev noted in his speech …” (smiles). But I didn’t want to give up so easily. She answered that I understand all her doubts, I really have no news experience in English and no specific examples, but I am sure that I could write. And asked me to give me a task.

She liked my perseverance, she instructed me to write some news from the meeting of the city commission on the budget. Gave two days. I listened to the recording. There was a lot of scandal, a lot of drama. As a result, I got three materials. She said it wasn’t perfect, but it could work. She corrected it as she needed, published it, and we signed a contract.

– Did you have an understanding of how to write?

– They sent me a couple of publications for example. But I think I did not absorb it to the right extent, since the editor has a lot of rules in my texts. In Russia, there is still no such thing that every word in the title is capitalized? Some grammar variations that I may not have always understood. Formatting direct speech, commas. Plus, you need to build sentences in a certain way. As a result, the first three weeks I was ruled mercilessly, and I, sobbing inside, answered: “Thank you very much!”.

Now, it seems to me, the editor is already more or less satisfied. And recently I praised for the fact that residents actively commented on my news on the topic of the day about the ban on begging at crossroads. It seems to me that this news would have been commented on anyway, but still I was very happy with the compliment.

– Can you suggest a topic yourself?

— I can. And I can choose from the topics offered in the general chat the one that interests me the most. In general, there is a certain level of freedom. It seems to me that with regard to local news, if it is not explicit advertising, they are only for it. However, this is good journalism. Local authors, including my current colleagues, win journalism competitions.

It is clear that I am still learning, trying to understand what kind of ocean I am swimming in — how the city lives, what problems are relevant for local residents, and so on. But the fact that there is an opportunity to write not only about daily events, but also some deeper materials is important to me.

— You seem to be taken by it.

– I really enjoy doing this. Although it is a pity that it is impossible, as in Tyumen, to come to the editorial office, make tea, talk with colleagues, be on the same wavelength with everyone. I don’t know if this format of work has remained in the States. Probably in some big publications like the New York Times. But in principle, there is no longer a need for “analogue” editorial offices, it is much easier to find employees online.

Let’s see where this takes me. But, in any case, I can do this from home. In parallel, I have another job – consumer journalism, detailed reviews about certain products or things. Everything is very specific. The best lipstick – chosen. The best pumpkin costume for kids – choose. That’s good money, a hundred bucks for about a thousand words of material.

– Better than the news?

– It turns out about the same. They pay me 10 cents a word. This is the normal price. True, the news is small. Therefore … It turns out that we are not doing this for the sake of money.

– So you can’t live on this?

– You can if you sit at home and write a lot. Let’s say 4-5 product reviews, although there are some limitations. As a result, 2 thousand dollars a month comes out. You can live on this.

Began to be accepted as one’s own

– For me, the biggest question has always been how a person who grew up in one language environment and worked with a word can work in another country in another language? I tend to think that such people are rather exceptions. Is it difficult for you to write in English specifically for English-speaking readers?

– Now it’s easier for me to write in English than in Russian, no matter how terrible it may sound. And when I just moved to the USA, I had a culture shock. In Tyumen, I successfully graduated from the philological faculty of the university, worked in journalism, including as an editor – I corrected other people’s texts. I had an unshakable confidence in my professionalism, even a certain snobbery, a feeling of superiority – my Russian is perfect, I am literate, I know how to write, pronounce complex words, and so on. From these cloudless skies I fell to the ground. When I started working in restaurants – everyone starts somewhere – I realized that now they are correcting me! Of course, I knew English, but not at the level of Russian.

And then I set myself the task of learning English as much as possible in order to write and speak without errors. I did it. I still have mistakes, but they are few. Most often I am told about the accent. And I confuse some sounds, for example, “v” and “w”. My husband sometimes laughs at me, he sits smiling and says: “Yes, there is such a thing.”

But there is a price to be paid for striving to learn a language to a certain level. I am fluent in reading, speaking and writing English, but this is only possible when I think in English. And when I constantly think in English, it becomes more difficult to think in Russian. After all, what remains in the head is what is needed now and here. So I’m glad I started with my friend Draftsy – it forces me to think and write in the two languages ​​that the site exists in.

By the way, when I translate my text from English, I often end up with a completely different text in Russian. Because for the same problem in English and in Russian, the head gives out completely different associations, and the audiences are different. But I try to keep the original meanings as much as possible. And yet they are different.

– Did you improve your English in some courses or by yourself?

– Herself. I had a good base. It helped me that I started to read in English, watched a lot of films and local series with subtitles. I listened carefully to what people were saying. And if she didn’t know a word, she memorized and checked what it meant and how to use it. It seems to me that I copy the intonation very well. And when I lived in Massachusetts, I did it so well, without realizing it myself, that now in Florida they ask me if I’m from Massachusetts, so characteristic local features are heard in my speech.

It’s not my goal to speak without an accent, but Americans hear it most often anyway. And those for whom English is not native, as for me, do not always understand this. For me, this is a compliment.

— Do you feel like there are two people in you?

– It seems to me that this is inevitable, because so much is connected with the language. When you start speaking a different language, maybe not a different personality is developed, but a different expression of your personality. Although, I will assume that this split is not so global.

Recently, a Romanian girl, my former airline colleague, said: “You keep saying hun, dear, my love…(dear, dear, my love).” And I remember that moment at the beginning when I realized that everything in my English is very … straightforward. I lacked ease in language. I listened to older women who said: “Yes, dear, yes, good!”, And I decided that I want the same. And somehow I imperceptibly reached easy conversational English with all these diminutives. Then the people around me began to take me for their own, because I spoke like a local.

– Do you like any of the American journalists? Are you following someone?

– We need to think. I read every morning the CNN newsletter, the five news of the day. But I won’t say to follow a specific author. I like the way they write in Vice. Problematic articles are published there. By the way, although the press here is free, it is very clearly divided according to the political principle – who the publication supports, Democrats or Republicans. And, accordingly, in relation to problematic issues: abortion, transgender people, proportional taxation, Afghanistan. I’m trying not to read republican publications, because I don’t agree with those they support. I choose those that are close to me in spirit. And in which direction the publication is leaning, you can almost always tell.

— How do you think a career in journalism is possible for you?

– I think it is possible, but rather at the local level. The more I write, the better I understand how it’s done here. But not all editions are suitable. There are a range of topics that I am interested in writing about. But writing and editing technical texts all day is my personal hell. It turns out, either journalism with real living people, or some texts on topics that interest me. But this career option is real.

Whether we get to Pulitzer, I don’t know yet.

– Dashing trouble began. And how often do you speak Russian?

— I call my mother at least once a week. Twice a month, sometimes more often, I call up my best friend. She herself is from Ukraine, but lives in Germany. And we speak, but in such a mixture of Russian and English, when we no longer understand at what point we switch from one language to another. She recently came to visit with her husband. During these conversations, our husbands watched us with great interest, occasionally interjecting, “You think you said that in English, but it wasn’t English, so say it again?” At work, I don’t communicate in Russian with anyone. Only when Russian guests come to the restaurant, but this happens infrequently.

— Are you being asked to say something in Russian, like an attraction?

– Sometimes I myself suggest: “Do you want to know how it is in Russian?” Sometimes they ask you to translate something. She helped colleagues several times when they communicated with the Russian table. I also sometimes ask colleagues to help me with Spanish. I am learning it, but so far I can only roughly understand the essence of the conversation.

Most often people want to know Russian mat. And I satisfy their curiosity.

— How do you answer the question, where is your home today?

– I say that I grew up in Siberia, but I live in Florida. I wrote about this one of my first articles for Draftsy. And before writing, I thought about it a lot. It seems to me that a part of my heart will forever remain in Tyumen, where I was born and grew up. Another part remains in Kazan, where I spent every summer, where my mother lives. Every time I return, it seems to me that I did not go anywhere. But there are moments when I understand how much people and cities are changing, and I have to put up with it.

But here I am one hundred percent assimilated. There are moments when I feel like an outsider, but in general I feel good and comfortable here, I understand how everything works here, I vote in local elections.

.. My husband is here, so I have plans here – to live, build a career, have children, and so Further.

– When was the last time you were in Russia?

– June 2019. We came with Mike.

— What is your favorite holiday now?

– Christmas, I guess … I’m so glad that I can celebrate it twice! Our tree stands for an extra two weeks. We celebrate in December, and then in January, I cook something traditionally Russian. If friends are in the city, then we are going to some evening gatherings. The last couple of years have been difficult, because of the virus we didn’t see each other much. But we always try to arrange something for these holidays. Well, on Christmas we usually go to Mike’s family.

— What is your favorite New Year or Christmas movie right now?

– I’m trying to remember something other than “The Irony of Fate” …

– Well, what is it, if only I love it.

– I don’t know, I don’t have a favorite . .. U! Eat! It is called The Holiday (in the Russian box office “Exchange Vacation”, ed. Nancy Meyers, 2006).

A still from the film “Exchange Vacation”

— What do you miss most about Russia?

– For people, for friends. If we are planning a trip, then in the summer, when the weather is great, the verandas in the cafe are open, the nights are warm, you can walk, meet, everyone has time, less work and stress is an ideal option. I like to come to Kazan, my mother is there, there are many childhood friends, we always see each other too. The funny thing is that without me they rarely meet. Therefore, when I arrive, this is an iron reason to see everyone together.

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Colorado. Sun, snow and mountains

To visit the mountains of Colorado, and even to the world-famous resorts of Aspen/Snowmass, was a pipe dream until a certain moment, when the understanding of “now or never” came. The preparations took a couple of months, including finding a suitable apartment, buying air tickets and obtaining a visa, postponed for the season of riding with the family in the Alps and can only wait impatiently for the start date of turning the dream into reality.

To visit the mountains of Colorado, and even to the world-famous resorts of Aspen / Snowmass, was a pipe dream until a certain moment, when the understanding of “now or never” came. The preparations took a couple of months, including finding a suitable apartment, buying air tickets and obtaining a visa, postponed for the season of riding with the family in the Alps and can only wait impatiently for the start date of turning the dream into reality.

My brother and I are flying, our friend and former classmate joins us there. The route was developed by ourselves, which included flying American Airlines to Chicago (the place of the friend’s current residence), the next day on the same airline to Denver. There is already a rented car and a direct path to the mountains. The huge Chevrolet Suburban easily swallowed all our ammunition along with the passengers and smoothly set off. On the way, we stopped at a couple of shops and overstocked with everything necessary for a week’s stay. Although the calendar showed March 7, spring for America, it was very cool in Denver and it was snowing in the mountains. But we drove 300 km in 3.5 hours, despite snow drifts on the road in the Vail area. Already closer to 10 pm we settled in a small two-level cottage Townhouse Tamarack, which is located in the center of the village of Snowmass. This is not my first time in America, and I already knew that hotel rooms and other “guest” residences are large compared to European ones. Our residence had two bedrooms on the second floor and a living room with a fireplace and a kitchen on the first floor. Naturally, all the necessary equipment, including a refrigerator, microwave, dishwasher, etc., was present. Two televisions with a set of DVD players and satellite dishes completed the demonstration of the achievements of scientific and technological progress.

But for a skier the main thing is the mountains. Which were observed through the dark windows. Despite the difference in time, we did not feel like sleeping, and yet, after a hasty dinner, we lay down in order to survey the surrounding mountains and the soul-warming ski slopes on them in the morning in the light of day.

It was exactly 64 meters to the central stations of the ski lifts (that’s how much was indicated in the brochures) and now we are buying ski passes. Prices for 6-day passes are 2 times more expensive than European ones – $ 504, but they make it possible to use four regions (Four Mountains, as the Americans say) – Snowmass, Aspen Mountains, Aspen Highland, Buttermilk. But the ski passes themselves are paper ones, and every time at the lower stations the controllers read the barcode from them before they let you in to the lifts. Archaic.

Snowmass is the biggest ski area in the four – 200 km of slopes, in fact, this was the main reason for our choice of accommodation.

There are two lifts from Snowmass Central Ski Area in different directions – Elk Camp Gondola on the left side to Elk Camp Peak, and on the right side of the Village Express chair. Without thinking for a long time, we decided to start running around the region from left to right. In front of the ski lifts and ski schools everything was in red – it was the instructors lined up waiting for customers. Our red jackets were lost in the mass.

Our friend quickly picked up his own skis and boots at the rental, we had everything of our own (from Moscow – I will write back how to bring it for free later), and now we are already in the lift cabin. The queue for the lower lifts is missing as a class, apparently. As we climb, we see wide slopes and untouched corduroy! We decide not to climb higher on chairs, but immediately down, especially since the ascent was long and, therefore, the length of the route is significant. Which is what was done. The first minutes of the descent I wanted to sing and yell, although in the big mountains it was far from the first time. But a small number of people, wide and almost untouched tracks, soft snow, the feeling that you are skating in America, in the end, filled my soul with incredible delight. And yet, the new skis of the NOMAD series allowed you to do whatever you want with no effort.

Then we climbed to the top of Elk Camp, from where six trails leave in different directions. We drove there until lunchtime. There are no track numbers, the names are simply given “from the sky” – Bull Run (along the lift), Gray Wolf, Bear Bottom (very beautiful), Sandy Park, etc. The height is 3500 meters, and spruces grow around. Unusual after the Alps. The tracks are marked as blue, according to the European classification they are suitable as blue-blue-red. Public at 90% Americans. There are few foreigners, except for us, we met only one couple, but they did not make contact. But the Americans are a very polite nation. When approaching the ski lift, be sure that you don’t need to slow down – approaching and just standing skiers will let you through and even apologize …

Food in restaurants is quite varied, quite inexpensive. We did not want to rest for a long time, and we drove along Adam Avenue to the middle part of the ski area. Here already at the top there are black trails, mostly unused, and wide ones among the trees in the middle part of the mountain, one of which has an interesting name – Naked Lady. I rode this “naked lady” three times in a row, I really liked it. Wide, few people, well groomed, that is, spent … On the first day, we rode until the lifts closed – until 16:00. The next day we decided to break in the right side.

The picture repeated itself – while climbing on a chair, everyone wanted to jump down to the “velveteen” slopes. Here we saw ski-cross tracks, fenced tracks for competitions.

The Village Express chair lift is very long, leading to the very top of Sam’s Knob, from where you can go along the black slopes to the lift of the same name with the top. Those who do not want to work with their feet either get off at the intermediate station, or go from the top to the left to the blue ones and get into the Big Burn ski area with their lifts. Here are the widest tracks, one might say, fields.

To the left of the top of Big Burn, where the lift of the same name and the Sheer Bliss lift converge, there is the only ski lift in the region. Short, but already raises to the “bald” peak, and from there to the left is a circus with a bunch of black tracks. American youth is almost in full strength there and comes off. Considering the size of the circus and recent snowfalls, we can say with confidence that powder and virgin soil could be found there.

But we liked the wooded slopes better. Even moving to other ski areas, such as the Turkey Run track, is a pleasure not only from skiing, but also from contemplating the incredible beauty around. It made me want to stop and watch it all.

A few words about the weather. We were lucky. We were from 7 to 14 March and every day the sun. One night there was a snowfall, which ended by 10 am, but this only added its own zest to skiing. And a lot of snow. I think March is the best time to visit Colorado.

A little about Americans in general and local residents in particular. These resorts in Colorado are considered upscale and, accordingly, a lot of wealthy public. Often one could see aunts of a far advanced age in outfits for several thousand dollars and in fur hats on their heads … Basically, sitting in restaurants on the mountain or making a promenade through the village. But most of the public is, first of all, skiers, and skiers of a very good level. Moreover, both young and aged skiers. There are few boarders, most skiers who ride local K2s, but Volkl, Salomon, Atomic and other European brands are represented.

As already noted, they are very friendly, they like to talk while climbing the cable cars, they express their feelings from skiing and the surrounding views. We talked with one lady in the armchair, she, having learned that we were from Russia, expressed admiration, “her grandfather was also from Russia,” etc., yet she could not resist and stated that there was snow in Colorado, slopes and all that – better than in the Alps…

The locals who own houses are all millionaires. In fact, houses, hotels, cottages are very expensive even by American standards. Those who invested in construction many years ago now have good capital.

Above, I described our house a little, I will add that there is a mandatory fireplace on two levels, a ski storage is located immediately at the exit to the threshold with its own door, but there are no dryers. Apparently, the boots are supposed to be dried right on the heated floor in the bathroom … Those who are too lazy to carry skis to the ski lifts can leave them in street ski storages right next to the station for a nominal fee. Almost every hotel complex has outdoor heated swimming pools. We also used our pool a couple of times, there were no people in the evening, the water was warm, there were snowdrifts all around, there were cola machines nearby…

But back to skating. On the third night it snowed, and all day almost to the very end we practiced the technique of skiing in deep snow, since the snow groomers processed only the main descents. Personally, I didn’t succeed very well, because I tried unsuccessfully to drag my friends to the rolled out sections, which was only possible at the end of the day of riding. This time we ran more in the middle zone and Elk Camp. For some reason, skating reminded me of a snowy January in Zell am See in 2004. Especially the middle transfer station Elk Camp. If you look at the photo, then, as if Mittelstation on Mount Schmitenhöhe, only in a mirror image.

In addition to Snowmass, there is Aspen itself, where we went the next day on our “all-terrain vehicle”. The road took about 20 minutes, but they circled around Aspen itself for another 15 minutes in search of a parking lot. Those that were inexpensive and free were too far from the station. In the end, we decided to stop right on the main street 30 meters from the ski lift. Parking there was allowed for a maximum of 2 hours, we paid, and then what will happen …

The ski area itself is one mountain – Aspen Mountain. From the central station Gondola Plaza, a cabin lift throws to the very top, and on the right side of the village and the mountain there is a Shadow Mountain lift. The skiing area itself is not very large, especially compared to the French giants, but it is quite sufficient for full-fledged skiing on half-empty slopes on quite such sports tracks. Unlike Snowmass, the incline will be steeper on many trails. And it has its own FIS Cup track, which we enjoyed riding.

Skiing mainly takes place on the upper slopes, there are many blue and black slopes, there are special “super black” ones that literally go into the forest. Those who wish can drive along a special fenced off track with flags, such as a giant, for a while. Two attempts cost $4.50. There are guidelines for every age. If you fit, you get a medal. My companions earned “silver”. I did not participate, preferring to capture this event in photos and videos.

It should be noted that the mountains themselves in Aspen are different from Snowmass. They no longer seem to be hills, and rocky peaks around are visible, and even smaller forests. Although the heights are the same. The slopes are mostly of the same slope, not as uneven as in Snowmass.

As expected, there are enough restaurants and cafes with all necessary amenities. Somehow you get used to clean toilets and the presence of paper and napkins in them, both in Europe and in America. You should not complain about the menu, more American food in the form of hamburgers, but there are also soups like “goulash” and others. And I also liked that at restaurants or near the ski lifts, music always sounds so unobtrusively, and not some kind of pop, but real classic rock. It’s nice to sip cola to the howls of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar…0003

After skiing, we wandered around the town for a bit. Of course, this is no longer a village like Snowmass, such a solid village with its own streets, shops, restaurants, etc. One of the stands presents the history of Aspen in photographs. It was founded in the second half of the 19th century as a center for silver mining. Judging by the photographs, such a real village from the times of the Wild West with saloons and cowboys. But the metals quickly dried up, and the locals retrained as pastoralists. In the 1930s, the city began to get poorer, until in 19In 1946, the local resident Friedl Pfeifer did not come up with the idea to establish a ski center here. In gratitude, many years later, a monument to him appeared near the central lift station.

And on the outskirts of the town there is a local brewery where you can try several varieties of fresh Colorado beer …

The next day we go to the neighboring mountain with Aspen – Aspen Highland.

Very well thought out car parking. Such an underground garage, from where you get on the escalator directly to the square with lifts and other relying establishments. The skiing area is even smaller, but… The quality of the tracks is probably the best, if not in the world, then in Colorado for sure. The tracks are simply ironed. And a small number of people. Even in the middle of the day, you could still find sections of the slopes in the “velveteen”. Right at the transfer station, there is a small wooden house, Guest Services, where you can get hot lemonade or tea, sunscreen, etc. for free. I think with the cost of a ski pass twice the European one, free distributions should be installed on every slope …

But skiing is the main thing on the mountain. With such a quality of the tracks, we did not want to leave, and we raced almost without interruption. Our friend, now an American citizen, remembered the skiing technique from his distant childhood and painted snakes on ideal slopes to the envy of the English-speaking public.

Even at the end of the day, the condition of the slopes was the same as at the beginning. Maybe the “velveteen” is smaller. There were no bumps and other diseases from the influx of ski-boarders. And if you take into account the absence of queues for the lifts, then the skiing was almost uninterrupted on magnificent slopes.

All good things come to an end. The last days were devoted to Snowmass, we ran in everything that was possible. And here is the road to the Denver airport. Most of which passes among the rocks and mountain forests. Picturesque in its own way, not like the Alps and especially the Caucasus. The condition of the road is what it should be, that is, excellent.

Passing Beaver Creek and Vail. You can see the slopes and lifts directly from the motorway.