Les Balcons De Belle Plan La Plagne

hello everyone!

so we got to London at 5PM on Saturday, jumped on a coach and went to France. We got there around 11.30AM on Sunday and just chilled out for the rest of the day, were a bit dead from the coach journey. there wasn't any snow when we got there.... got a bit drunk in the chalet in the evening but couldn't go out as nowhere was open!

Monday we got up and it had snowed overnight and it hasn't stopped since! started training, got uniform etc ...

... out from lack of oxygen I was able to gather myself and enjoy some really amazing views along with a packed lunch. After the mountain trek we went into the small ski town and enjoyed some of our "favorite brewage and enjoyed the surroundings" (per request of prof. Delmar).

Heading to Rome and Barcelona next week, another post should follow shortly after.

We're approaching the final week of this "bi-mester." The work load is getting steadily heavier and I combat it by ...

... and stopped in the room for a break and to catch up
on the blog. I headed out for a beer on the square and then found an
Italian place highly regarded in the guide books. I sat at the bar
and had a nice meal of bruschetta and a ham and mushroom pizza and a
nice Rhine Reisling to accompany them. Things are quite slow this
time of year and there were only a few people in the restaurant, but
the service was good and the meal was also. Back to the room as I
was ...

... him
during my stay!!! Back to the room and then out for dinner at a very
nice restaurant near the town center. A lot of wood and cuckoo
clocks made up the ambiance and I had a nice meal of meat and cheese.
The French dining experience is like no other. In the finer
restaurants, they take the dining experience very seriously and they
turn meals with ordinary ingredients into something very special.
Back to the room to end up a
very full day.

... it doesnt look like a cleanup is happening, rather just a slowing down to go through it. Its getting quite late although the GPS says that will be there by 7pm. We are paying for a few tolls, but the mountain views are worth it. We can see Mont Blanc and the glacier that is on the next mountain ans we wind our way through the outskirts on Chamonix, our GPS knows where out hotel is..which is in the middle of town. You can tell this place is a massive ski resort in the winter and the ...

... and that if he fails, he will have to spend the night in jail. Awesome... So I wait with the car for about 20 min thinking crazy thoughts in my head.... Jon finally comes back and had only blown 0.007. The cops finally admit that the balloon is never accurate and yes, the construction is blocking the sign, so they didn’t even give us a ticket and told us we were lucky they liked Canadians! Still, it wasn't a fun ...

As we were next to the Alps, we decided to go trekking around Chamonix for a couple of days, and get some fresh mountain air. Nats felt at home as the place we stayed in Chamonix was the exact same as where she stayed 4 years ago when she came skiing here!!

We were very lucky wih the weather on the first day, and the views over the mountain range was magnificent. We walked from Vallorcine up to the lac ...

... exciting going on my long awaited holiday with my mates and my board. The snow was fantastic and our chalet hosts were great- a michelin trained chef called Sam preparing the best chalet food we have ever had! The only downside was that my sister couldnt come but Jo (Jo, Jo Boarder) stepped in to entertain the chalet and take ...

... slush and the rest of us pent some time in "The Last One" pub as we were only due to be catching our train from Bourg St. Maurice at 22:15 that evening. The day did manage to go by much slower than it usually did when hanging out on the slopes opposed to just hanging. Our transport back to Bourg St. Maurice was to be the van that was bringing in the new lot of boarders and skiers to stay at our chalet. At about 18:30 or so we said our goodbyes to Max and Jo and ...

The reason I went to France was to go skiing at chamonix/Mont Blanc, which i did and it was fantastic and i will be doing again very soon before i get tied up.. while i was there i did the world famous ski run Valley de blanche you ski over a glacier. which is amazing, the veiws you get on theis run are spectacular. definately take a camera.
to start this run however you take a gondola up to the summit of Aguille de medie (i'm unsure of the correct ...