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St Martin de Belleville

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January 19th 2010
We went to St Martin de Belleville (Not Val Thorens - I just couldn't find the correct location from the drop-down list) from Boxing Day for a few weeks. It's a wee village in the Three Valleys in France. The snow was a bit mixed for the first week then we spent two weeks in ski school and the snow and weather were better those two weeks as well. We had a great time in our wee chalet - self cat ... read more

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