Courmayeur
Aug 11th, 2003

As always in the last few years, my friends and I headed for Courmayeur for the Stars on Ice show... a fixed appointment for us!
We were happy to see some skating in the boring summer, and it was always a pleasant excuse for a daytrip at the mountains and for a meeting with our friend Lidia from torino.

The ritual is always the same: we get there early, have a walk around town (it doens't take much!!), something hot or cold to drink (depending on the weather) and then we head back to the rink to wait for the athletes, get in to see the practices and then it's showtime! this year we had an extra bit of time, so we headed upstairs to the café with Barbara for a chat before their practice session. As always, I am the paler one f the group
(though Manu is coming closer)!



as said, one of the luxuries we are always granted in Courmayeur is to be able to get in and watch the practice session (which can be even more fun than the shw itself, if the occasion is right!) 99% of the photos here are from Barbara and Maurizio, because I orginally got them for their official website

practice - by Silvia Palotta
Mauri and Silvia Fontana through Silvia P.'s mobile phone (technology!)
in the interval of the show

The show

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We had a lovely evening both at the show and after, because Babi and Mauri invited us to join everyone on the tour for a late dinner...
Silvia Fontana and Babi, together were irresistible, they kept chatting and gossiping about each other with us... we were basically crying for too much laughter for all the gaffes, little accidents and silly things they kept telling around... we had a wonderful time!
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another mobile phone snapshot: Silvia P. with Baby and Mauri at dinner


but my camera works too!!

a little zoom while Mauri
was smiling for Sissi
Paola & Silvia @ restaurant