Kandahar Hotel
Travel Blogs from Val d'Isère
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 half - I didn't really want to do it at all because I absolutely hate public speaking but I made myself and it went ok actually. We served Goats Cheese on a Pear & Walnut Salad for started.. Spicy Pork with Rice and Sweetcorn for main and a Kiwi Pavlova for dessert. It was exhausting but for the first meal it went well and all plates came back empty - just glad to get it out the way and now we can relax until our next one on Friday. Tuesday ...
Let The Adventure Begin!!
... the bar, met Ants there as he walked over with Charles, Kathy & Anthony and we sat & chatted to some of the resort team, Dave, Megan, Louise & Alex. Everyone seems really friendly and we have a good mix of people in our group. Afterwards we went for dinner at Perdrix 2 with the rest of the team - had a look in the kitchen we would be cooking in tomorrow and got our menu plans. Early night - need to catch up on some ...
The not so perfect storm
... 5 star restaurant – talk about temptation. Tim’s crowd have started to arrive and all the grungy dudes in their beat up camper vans have merely changed a summer season surfing on the Atlantic coast for snow boarding.
For the first time in living memory, the Christmas lights here in La Tania have been erected and switched on a month before the season starts instead of the usual 2 days. At least they make an effort here and can afford to. The only lights on ...
The toughest bike ride of my life
... during their stay in France with us. Before I continue writing about today’s experience, let me outline the profile of my fellow bike riders and myself. Mägge, Hille, Tanya and Rod have all been mountain biking and road riding for anywhere between 15-25 years and have done long distance, multi-day rides like the BC Bike Race and the Trans Alps. I on the other hand am an amateur cheese and chocolate taster, near professional patisserie eater that ...