Over the half-term break last week we went to Sainte-Foy skiing and took Wayne, Kerry and the girls with us. What a fantastic week it turned out to be.
Travelled down on the Saturday getting up at 4.00am to get to the airport in time and then picked up cars from Grenoble before driving for a couple of hours. Made it to Maurice St Borg which is where the supermarket was and stocked up for the week before driving up the winding roads to the resort.
We had apartments within a complex this time and it was right on the nursery slope which made life so much easier throughout the week. We well remembered the long walk to the apartment last time we were there, this was total bliss! Picked up our skis and re-acquainted ourselves with the resort and then went swimming and used the facilities and then cooked dinner and had one or two beers before bed!
Next day we were good to go but it took an age to get the ski passes, hour and a half in the and then we were off. Spent an hour with Wayne & Kerry to help them get to grips with some of the basics and then had a go ourselves. Didn’t take long to get back into the groove and were soon zooming around.
I won’t bore you with details but thankfully the week turned into such a success. We’d spend the morning with Wayne, Kerry and the girls and we’d coach them whilst taking them to harder and harder slopes which they were able to cope with, and then go back to the apartment after 2 hours to get some rest and something to eat and then in the afternoon we’d be out by 2.00pm where we’d go off and they would have their lessons. We’d all get back when the slopes closed at 5.00pm, go swimming, have a sauna and then have something to eat with beers, suited us right down to the ground!
Went out one evening to the local bar and also went sledging and on the last night we treated ourselves to a lovely meal, that was a laugh when I asked the bill and she brought us cream instead! It’s been amusing Charlotte and her friends she tells ever since!!
In terms of the skiing all the kids have come on leaps and bounds, they were brilliant, me less so! I couldn’t keep up with them and was often in so much pain from being so tired and aching, I am not fit at present…shame! We would go off-piste as much as possible and that was such a buzz, I really enjoyed that. We didn’t make a black run but that’s for the next time I reckon… Loads of crashes and lots of cups of coffee and hot chocolate at intervals on the slopes, god knows how much we spent on those hot chocolates, well actually I do know and it was over £100.00. Ah well!
During the week I did some work and get up to date with things, I obviously needed to because of being self-employed and I think that paid off because I think I got a couple of jobs as a result of doing so, that will pay for the hot chocolates..
We didn’t want the week to end, I’d happily have stayed there longer, 10 days would have been great, perhaps 14 would be too long.
Anyway, it was another early start to come home so we were up at 4.00am and drove back to Grenoble without incident, although it was surprising to see how busy the roads were. Back to Gatwick and home all too soon.
Another wonderful holiday though with fantastic memories and will start saving again to try and go again within the next two years instead of three. I think Wayne and that would be keen to go again asap and we’d be more than happy to go again with them, it worked out really well and we’re well suited to go together as we all get on really well and seem to have the same ideas/principles which is obviously important.
Some photos below…
