Still Skiing!

Sorry but this blog is getting slightly repetitive, anybody would think we are in the French Alps for the skiing! 

Monday we did some skiing on the local slopes, Rog did a few more runs than Nic.

Tuesday we headed over to Flaine to do a few new ski runs, before the French school holidays start next week. The school holidays in France are broken down into quarters, so a quarter of schools are on holiday each week for the 4 weeks of February. So it is about to get busy, then throw in the UK February school holidays too.

Wednesday, we had the day off skiing, as we had to go to the laundrette, the closest one being in Sameons, a fairly painless experience, the washing machines had timers on them so you know when to head back. We had half an hour around the market, then back to move the washing to the tumble drier, then another half an hour around the food bit of the market. We bought cheese, saucisson and sun dried tomato paste, all after being persuaded to taste by the stall holders!

Once the laundry was done we headed for lunch at a lovely, small old fashioned creperie,

Rog had a mushroom and roquefort one followed by an apple and calvados one for pudding! Whilst Nic had a smoked ham, cheese, spinach and egg one followed by a raspberry, grand marnier and cream one! All washed down with a (small) pitcher of local cider, which was very drinkable, thankfully we had a bus to catch so didn’t order a second one.

We have applied to be volunteer stewards at Carfest later in the year, watch this space, we’ll let you know if we are successful. 

Thursday, surprise, more skiing, followed by a drink at “La Tetras Lyre” bar, the only bar in the village we had not yet been in to, nice bar, good beer, but the most expensive. You have to walk passed it as you leave the slopes.

Friday, Skied towards Sameons, another new run.

Saturday, Skied to La Carroz. Managed to turn on the TV in the flat for the first time to find the Rugby Six Nations, England v Scotland. A good match, the best team won, unfortunately that team was not England! It was interesting listening to the French commentary – Nic understands more than Rog!

Sunday, Rog went out skiing on his own, just some of the usual runs, a couple of them were really icy, so not to pleasant, the rest were OK. They are doing a fantastic job at keeping the runs usable, but they do need some fresh snow. It has not snowed for 2 ½ weeks.

Nic went to the local market, which was slightly bigger than previous weeks, a couple more stalls making only seven stalls in total, so still not big. But Nic was happy as she got a rotisserie chicken and some veg, which we had for lunch.

More six nations rugby, Italy v France.