Ice Skating, yahoo!

When I was a kid I had a hobby: ice skating. My folks took me to the ice skating school on Saturday mornings. After that mum and I went for lunch and shopping. Great time.

Now, I enjoyed my skating mornings a lot. I do recall that the teacher changed quite a lot, which was not that nice. But the exercises were. And the music... I did not get the ice skating bug, which would have turned me into a professional. In fact, even trying small jumps made me too scared to try. But my love for the sport begun and stayed.

So when I look at the ice skating on TV I can relate to the women and men on ice. I can look back to the days when I was skating. The joy I felt back then... I can see the very same in some of these fine athletes. And yes, sometimes I do pretend that I'm there myself, skating on the white ice, jumping high and living the music.

Naturally everytime I can watch ice skating on TV, you bet I will! I enjoy the talent, the joy, all of it. I'm thrilled that the European Championships are going on. I just hate that the Finnish broadcaster does not show all of it. I recall days in my childhood when they did... It feel silly now, when we have talented athletes in the completition! And they actually stand a chance!

Hmmm, I wonder if they'll show the gala...