Hotel des Portes du Soleil
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Chffing down
So today I acheived most of the things that defeated me yesterday. I have had a key cut so I get use our ski locker. It may have cost 12.50CHF (that would be Swiss Francs or Chuffs as they are know here) but I weighed up the other option of lugging ski kit to apartment door, hoping someone has left me a key before trekking downstairs and up again all season. A bargin when you think about ...
A nice gentle start on the slopes
... huge bank of powder which took me a while to wriggle out of. I'm not totally alone though, I think everyone had a fall in the powder at some point.
A little stop off for a drink. I am a fail of a seasonnaire, couldnt even risk a demi so went for a Coca-cola. First celeb spot-Heston Blumenthal coming out of the bar as we went in.
After our beverages about an hour of blacks to get home! Only one incident of stacking and sliding head-first on my back ...
Jobs done=none,photos taken=many!
... useful today and go for a wander to work taking my camera with me. The light isn't amazing as it's still very cloudy but at least you can get some idea of how beautiful Verbier is.
In work for 3pm, trying to get organised but again I seem to be up against a wall of 'non' today. I have my client appointments today in one of the VE chalets. It wasn't as slick as I would have liked but both clients were happy, ...
Team dinner at 14
... thai crab cakes and mini tartiflette. Once we are sat at the impecably laid table the starter is marinated mackeral filets on wasabi puree, followed by the most incredible roast belly pork on parsnip puree with parsnip crisps-incredible! The only thing I left on the plate was the cracking, not because it wasn't tasty but for fear of shooting it across the table into the lap of our ettiquette teacher-I figured that might not be a good thing. Then whipped brie de meaux with the ...
Flights are booked!!!!!
... home of clocks, chocolate and private banking! Quitting my job was very easy to do, any excuse really, taking time out to travel the world is far more appealing that sitting behind a desk from 9-6 pushing paper. What I will without question miss, is our friends, have met some amazing people and built strong life friendships over the last few years but we will without doubt always keep in contact. This ...
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