http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , France , Rhône-Alpes , Val-d'Isère en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 01:52:36 +0000 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:52:36 +0000 A long time since our last blog but a lot has happened and we have travelled quite some way. The tour of the battlefields in Ypres was excellent and moving at the same time. There were just three of with guide and we visited a number of sites including Tynecot cemetry and Polygon Wood which is where my grandfather fought and was wounded. At Sanctuary Wood some of the trenches have been left in tac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-732699.html TEST http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-264324.html WOW if we ever get this sent off it will be a miracle This blog has been in the works for an entire year......yes we were in Val D'Isere December '06 May '07 meak laughSooo following our Christmas in England we flew to Val D'Isere in the french alps to start work as chalet maids in a 5 star chalet...our first lot of clients were arriving the next day so let just say we were thrown in the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-192733.html I have found a computer. I arrive at the next farm this afternoon.Well It seems my last two blog entries were lost in a server crash. Maybe its for the bestI have readded some of the pictures....and a summaryCrazy long lost brotherunclecousin Steve lands in Geneva Switzerland in an intense delerium returns to his french family drools into his fondu and mumbles unintelligibly. He is forced http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-188205.html A fellow Australian runs a large part of the 3 resorts Val D'Isere Courchavel and Tigne. So since he and his family were living in a wonderful chalet alongside a frozen lake in Tigne this provided an excellent opportunity to visit for the weekend and escape the alreadymounting heat of Provence. In fact given the relatively warm winter it was quite a surprise to see how much snow was still a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-156030.html Hello everybody I thought I would fill you in on our exciting trip to La Rosiere yesterday on our day off and our ski over to Italia Firstly though I need to clarify something. For those of you who can ski you will be familiar with the piste grading system and know that a red isn't really that hard or a black come to think of it. Well I had no idea until yesterday. Basically I knew Val was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-143074.html Bonjour peepsI would just like to point out 2 things. First of all I have fulfilled my aim of the season and skied down La Face without falling over tooyeyyy There's no point in skiing any more nowhaha Secondly yesterday I was sitting in a towel on my bed after having a shower and disturbed by a random male guest who burst into our room wanting to look around without even knocking and thin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-142452.html Hello everyoneWell it has been ages since we last updated this as we are terribly lazy and resent having to pay a fortune for the internet. I hope you realise this is costing me a whole weeks wages If there are lots of typos it's cause the keys keep sticking and not cause I am bad at typing.Anyway I hope everybody is well and looking forward to springtime. We have been getting slightly bored he http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-136192.html Well hello allI apologise for the fact that it's been ages since this was updated. My only excuse is that looking after so many guests has taken it's toll or maybe it was the blue skies tempting us into skiing rather than being cooped up in the internet cafe Anyway I have yet another coldbad throat so I am taking it easy today to try and recover. I'm sure it's the lack of sleep and rubbish die http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-124316.html Hello all. Well Wilcox has finally entrusted me to write one of these blog thingys so here goes....After reading Sarah's last blog i feel it necessary to inform you all that although I slept through breakfast after a night on the booze with a friend from home Redford leaving Sarah to do all of breakfastshe got her own back in spectacular fashion on new year's day. Not only did she sleep throug http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-117855.html Oh my God I have just been followed here by a wolf I was so scared. At first I thought it was an Alsatian and still not best pleased seeing as I hate dogs and have to cross the road to avoid them. However when I got closer I realised it was a giant wolf It followed me all the way to Powder Monkey where I am now. I hope it's not like the littlest hobo and waiting outside for me...Anyway Merry http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-114699.html Hello allWell what busy week we have been having here in Val. It has actually gone pretty slowly and has felt a bit like being on holiday. It will be very weird when our first guests arrive tomorrow as we have taken over the chalet at the mo with beer chilling on the window sill and ipods hooked up to the stereo. I don't think we have said yet who we are livingworking with. In our chalet there i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-111306.html Hi guysWell we have finally made it here in one piece after our epic journey. Let's begin with that shall we...After a few days at home chilling out we had managed to cram all of our wordly goods into our rather rammed bags and off we went on the train from Warrington to London well sort of.Typically it happened to be the day of the tornadoes etc so the power cables for the trains went down when http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-109841.html Hi AllCan't believe that I have been here for 7 weeks and going home now. The last 2 nights in Tignes were pretty funny quite a few drunken photos attached to this oneGoing to miss everyone as made some good mates here but looking forward to seeing all my other mates back home.Only 3 weeks until my backpacking adventure begins..and still so much to organiseJx http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-54807.html Hi AllHad a really good week with loads of skiing and lots of social stuff happening. Thursday was the company ski rally and most people did it in fancy dress which was a great laugh then there was a BBQ etc.After a big night out at Melting Potour usual haunt we were going for the bus and one of my mates fell over on ice and used me to cushion his fall I really hurt my shoulder and hip but we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-53402.html Nic's dad decided to treat the family to a snowboarding holiday in Val d'Isere and thanks to clever costumes and make up Dave sneakily took the place of his wife Yvonne.Snowboarding was a lot of fun and very painful. So painful that Nic reverted to skis half way through the weekWe enjoyed more great food and wine made some good friends and had a jolly good time. We will be sure to do it again s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-51964.html Hi AllMy 5 weeks in Tignes has passed so quickly and i'm loving it. Only 2 weeks left before I head home so trying to make the most of the snow and socialising.My skiing has really improved and feeling quite confident now still not going to do any black runs yet though Weather has been pretty good for the last week and hoping it's going to stay like that.Took a trip to Val D'Isere the other day http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-51914.html Tonight was Pimps and Prostitutes night. As you'll see from the photos it was the boys who made most of the effort dressing up and loved dressing in women's clothesHad a really good night with lots of laughs it's just unfortunate that i was working at 7am the next morning. Didn't stop me staying out til 3am thoughJill x http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-51912.html Today we all skiied down to La Daille for Jemma's birthday lunch there was about 18 of us so had a good laugh. Kirsty managed to entertain me all the way down the slopes with her starfish impression and there was some tree hugging and she threw herself at a wall to stopWe had staff dinner then Jemma got her birthday cake. Her boyfriend Matt had made her a rude cake with working parts.We went ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-51886.html Today we have travelled to see my french brother RaphaelWoke early then caught a train from Part Dieu to Voiron where Raphael met us off the train Raphael his gorgeous little daughter Justine that isWe drove up to his home which is at 800m alititude where we had the best lunch with cheese wine and pastis and beer then to top it off we tried Chartreuse so we have been very easy goi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Rhone-Alpes/Val-d-Is-re/blog-51752.html