Hey everybody! WEll, the past week or so has gone by seriously fast. It was mostly regular stuff, kids were at school and I was working hard to catch up on to do's after Richard went home. I met up with another Canadian aupair, Ian who has family in the Kelowna area so he knew where I actually lived. We met with Kim, the other Canadian aupair I met the week before so it was quite cool and I didn't mind hanging out in the 3 crowd. Generally speaking, I tend to try for one on one or lots of people [View Full Entry]

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As I flew into Geneva to meet my Kiwi friend Neil for a weeks snowboarding in the Chamonix valley of the French Alps I couldn't quite contain the excitement, little did I know that the holiday would far exceed all of the expectations I had laid upon it. We drove from Geneva to the Alps at night and the excitment grew as we passed shadows of mountains, heavier and heavier snow falls and noticed great banks of snow piled on the sides of the road. We arrived in our resort - Argentiere - very late and fell straight to sleep with [View Full Entry]

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(voor Nederlands, scroll naar beneden) The last week of the year 2008 we have spent our time snowshoeing in the French and Swiss Alps ... A short photo impression ... Everyone a healthy and happy 2009! On to new adventures ... ========= NEDERLANDS =========== Hola! De laatste week van het fantastische jaar 2008 hebben we al sneeuwschoenend doorgebracht in de Franse en Zwitserse Alpen... Een korte foto-impressie... Aan iedereen een gezond en gelukkig 2009 toegewenst! Op naar nieuwe avonturen... [View Full Entry]

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With some of the best pre season snow in years the decision to ski over New Year looked like a good one! Jo, Polly, Sally, Lucy, James, Paul, Dave, Nick and Nick Zveg - headed to Argentiere. Blues skies and sunshine greeted us on arrival with the promise of some new snow mid week and then more sunshine. The apartment in Argentiere had its new third bedroom and was surprisingly comfortable for 10 of us over new year. Check out the link below for more information on Chamonix and details of the apartment which is available to rent at pretty good [View Full Entry]

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After a quick flight across the channel we were met in Geneva by a very tanned Paul (Nick's cousin) - obviously he had been hard at work being a ski bum. We got to Argentiere, 15 mins beyond Chamonix, and made ourselves feel very welcome in Paul's new apartment by delving into the sauscisson, I resisted the chocolate cookies even though secretly I wanted one but I thought it polite and girly not to scoff all of Paul's food on the first day. We had a couple of beers and then rested our weary heads on the newly washed sheets - [View Full Entry]

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