Hotel Restaurant Le Chamois d'Or
Travel Blogs from Val d'Isère
Sun, Snow, Beer... lots of everything!
Finally after more than 5 years I was on my way again towards the snowy mountains...another attempt to ski down the slopes! Before I could never understand those nutheads who liked their wintersport holidays so much, but after my first (succesful) attempt I understood all too well. It really IS great! Not only the fact that you are always outdoors …
Chalet Time - Deeep clean!
... It was our turn to cool tonight but since Sandrine couldn't get to the shops we didn't have a lot of food to work with or practice the menu plan so Tim whipped up a couple of Frittatas, a goats cheese pie, nicoise salad and a chocolate cheesecake - so we had a lovely informal dinner tonight. Sat 8 - Time to start the deep clean, not a fun task did this for 3 hours then popped to Pap 2 for Tomato Soup made by Dave then we went for a walk with Megan to get ...
Training Week
... and we were soaked by the time we got there, but it was fun all the same! Afternoon Energiser - Tim & a few others had to get up on stage and feed a Banana on a string through everyone's trousers - we won!! After lectures we got to enjoy the 2 course lunch then back to Papillon 2 for training on ordering our food which was really really confusing and took us about 6 hours in total to do!! Think we spent 450 euros in total which isn't ...
Let The Adventure Begin!!
... a welcome meeting in the hall, then collected our uniforms - T-shirts/Fleece/Ski Jacket & Apron. We were told that we would be cooking the first meal of the week tomorrow - a 3 course dinner for 15. Went back to the room to unpack & for a nap until 6pm when - not really wanting to get out of bed - we went back to the restaurant for a free welcome mulled wine, so it was worth getting out of bed. It was pretty ...
The not so perfect storm
... in a thin layer of sand. Combined with the rain and warmth it proved very hard to remove. Now I know why the houses up here are just left the colour of crepi or render!
It really did blow and whistle and we had a few trees down and some had tiles taken off. We escaped with a brown stain in one of the bathrooms, where the tiles had been lifted by the wind and the rain had got in underneath. We called Scott, our American roofer to take a look and there appears to ...