Geoff Frazer takes to the slopes with his novice skiier son and realises there are few better places to learn than Bulgaria Pamporovo has a famous microclimate and is known as Bulgaria's sunniest ski resort One minute you’re young and fit and the next you’re turning down the volume on your car radio so you can see better — getting older isn’t as much fun as you think. It’s been 15 years and 15 kilos since I last put on a pair of skis, but when my eight-year-old son Noah started pleading with me to take him skiing for the first time, I agreed it was finally time to get back on the slopes and take my chances with gravity..