Grandalpes Chalets De Vallandry
Travel Blogs from Vallandry
Chalet Time - Deeep clean!
... for the past year, the whole place needs a good paint. Lunch with Joel & Charlotte. My hands are getting so dry from all the cleaning - can't wait for the arrival of rubber gloves, awoohoo!! I had dinner at Megs tonight, Tim was elsewhere - very short on food now, had 1 sliver of Duck each that we've managed to eek out of the leftovers, SuperU order should arrive tomorrow. Everyone went to the bar, but I couldn't be bothered. Tim got home at 3 verrrrrrry ...
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!!
... a half hours later than scheduled) very very tired from not really having slept on the cold coach & hungry for something other than chocolate! It had been snowing constantly so when we arrived at the Chalets it was thick with snow already. We were showed to our room in the staff accommodation block by Sandrine, who is our resort manager & this would be our room for the season. Luckily we got given the pick of ...
The not so perfect storm
... pork and sausage skins across the Raymond and Odile’s place to use their sausage machine and made batches of different flavoured sausages. Andrew delivered a huge box of meat for me, including 2 pig’s ears to dry for the dog and all the trotters. They didn’t know what to do with them so thought I should have them. I do actually have a recipe for Rillettes de Porc so will have a go at that some time. I asked what had happened to the head, but it had gone ...
Taking a hike around Mont Blanc
... farm buildings, flower-boxed chalets, profuse gardens and a gushing fountain, and in between through green pastures and hillside forest. The mule proved a fast walker once it got going, although it paid not to walk too close behind, as it would stop unexpectedly to snack on wayside vegetation, or perform other natural functions. After 16 kilometres we stopped for the night at La Fouly, a village with a grand view of mountains and glaciers to the south, and ...