Hotel Restaurant Marmotte
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Chalet Time - Deeep clean!
... air and investigate our surroundings. Found the ski lifts and the shops & bars. Cracked on with more cleaning when we got back. Had dinner round Greg & Emilys with the nannies, 18 in total. After we went for a couple of beers at Bar la Roz with Dave, Louise, , Ant, Meg, Alex & Elaine. Sunday 9 - Finished what we could be bothered to clean in the kitchen although there's not much point because the white walls look like they've been used as ...
Training Week
... Tree from Ski Beat then we have to order around that. Feeling very tired & drained at the moment, it's a lot to learn & take in. Having not really used my brain in New Zealand I guess it's good exercise for it! Exercise, need some of that too - all these 2 course lunches and 3 course dinners, I really need to hit the slopes!! Looking forward to getting in to our chalet & having a proper look round & seeing what we have.Had ...
Let The Adventure Begin!!
... with the only double bed & ensuite bathroom to ourselves, not sure how we got that really! Our chalet is called Papillon and Ant is staying just a 2 minute walk away in Perdrix with his roomy, Charles. We only had time for a quick shower and change before we walked down to the restaurant through the Narnia Trail (15 minute walk through giant snowy trees - just beautiful) for a free much needed 2 course lunch. After lunch ...
The not so perfect storm
... trying to nip him. When Stefan tried to pay with his pink bankcard, he mistook that for a cookie and there was a bit of a battle to complete the transaction before the card disappeared!
The rain and latest full moon finally brought out the mushrooms. I still have not been able to find any Ceps, but Mum, Dad and I did manage to collect a huge basket of parasol mushrooms from the meadows around Payolle. I made a rich mushroom soup, which was lovely and it was good ...
Taking a hike around Mont Blanc
... breaking a walking pole, before the track led us back to forest and pasture, where the Relais d’Arpette provided comfortable lodgings with great views up the valley we had just come down.
Next day, reunited with our mule, we set off at a more civilised hour after breakfast, down through the forest past the Lac du Champex, surrounded by houses and ski-runs, and then along the Swiss Val Ferret. We travelled from village to village, each with a collection ...