http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Aosta Valley , Pila en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 11:29:04 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 11:29:04 +0000 Hi everyoneThis is what we got up to at the end of our season......We had very few guests in our last few weeks which was a really odd way to finish the season. Our favourite week was our busiest when there were loads of guests and the slopes were busy and the village felt alive. However it did allow us to have loads of visitors with whom we had great funSteve Smith came to visit and we manag http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-385309.html So what have we been up to.........Aileen tried snowboarding she can't turn yet but give her time. We had our end of season jolly with the other reps from the valley in Champoluc. It was great to see so many work colleagues out of uniform relaxed and having fun. We finished it off by heading to La Thuile for a night out Graham enjoyed seeing the Man U v Inter game on Sky and Aileen enjoyed seei http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-381550.html Ciao TuttiGosh its been a while but we have been busy We are well and truly in the swing of things now our week goes something like this...........Sunday Transfer day...up at 5am ish Graham takes the first bus down to Turin and Aileen follows at about 7.30am. Normally Graham doesn't have to do any smiley doors making a good first impression on customers at the airport as he is on the bus ag http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-376531.html HelloWell we are five weeks into it with guests and it is going really well. I love the guest side of things and Graham is doing really well with the ski guiding part of it. He has guided in Courmayeur and La Thuile now...long ski days but fun at the same time. He finds the Monday morning ski guiding a bit hectic as we nomally have a really late night on Sunday and there is lots of paperwork to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-364350.html Hi everyoneJust a little message to wish everyone a Happy New Year sending best wishes for 2009 The village we are living in have a big party on the 30th here so we had fireworks a torchlight descent hot wine and panetonne Xmas cake in the snow followed by a very late night at the pub with some of our guests. One of them was the son of my old Geography teacher Mr Smith small world After ge http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-358709.html MERRY XMASHello everyoneThis comes from a very snowy Pila in Italy. Sending you all festive wishes and hopes for a fabulous 2009. Our first week with guests has gone better than expected and we are both really enjoying it...phew...it doesn't really feel like work although it has been mega mega busy. We have not yet had a full transfer day with loads of flight delays and blocked roads so our http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-357075.html So tara and i have been in a bit of a fight lately. See tara faces a tough decision. Her final performance of her Broadway show ALL MY SONS is on the same night at the Golden Globes where i am nominated for my supporting role in Tropics of Thunder. Personally i've seen the play and Tara does a lousy job and the play sucks but my movie rules almost as much as Scientology. I am ike the king http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-356709.html The forecast was snow in the Italian Alps this weekend and what better way to check out my first Italian ski experience in Courmayeur. Courmayeur Piste 610 lots of red but extremely bumpy. visibility was poor in the morning making it even harder to enjoy. Facilities 710 the people moving machinery was average but a long wait if you want to go all the way to the top. other than that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-132753.html And the Israelis are welcome to sing it to the music of ldquogan sagoorrdquo of the ldquo16th Sheeprdquo... So what happened After the hard day we had yesterday Dana and I decided to take the cablecar up. It was anyway a rather short day so we got up late and by 9am Ron started to walk while we went to the supermarket very happy and relaxed. After filling our bags with goods for t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-79558.html Wow we had one hard day... It started with an easy walk down Italian Val Ferret. At some point we saw the entire mountain side above us ruined all the trees cut. Ron said it looked like an avalanche and then he pointed to the right and there was the avalanche a huge pile of ice covered with mud scary to think what happened to everything that stood in its wayAt some point we started climbing http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Aosta-Valley/Pila/blog-78319.html