Blogs from Verbier, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 2

So here's hoping that you all had a good christmas. I'll post our rather drunken christmas eve pictures on here for you to see. We've not been up to much, planning on going sledging tonight - for those of you thinking of visiting but not snowboarding there's a 10km sledge run which sounds awesome, haven't done it yet but we'll try it out first!! Phil is finally quieting down a bit on the work front so hopefully he'll have some free time soon - infact he's just making jobs today and tomorrow so he can bum around verbier. For those of you interested if you go on the verbier web site there are web cams of what it looks like here. enjoy the piccies. Big thank you to everyone for their gifts. Ross - phil loves ... read more

Hiya, well phil has finally had a day off to go snowbaording and guess what? high winds closed the whole of the verbier resort !!!!!! but undettered we set off for a gondala ride across the valley waited for the 1 bus an hour and then took a very old slow chair lift and a drag lift to go ride at Brusson. It took a while but he finally got some snow under his board so he was pleased. I of course have been when ever i feel like and spent a nice afternoon on the near by baby slope - which for all you visitors is very close and allows sledging and learners - though the sledging is suppost to be for the kids, but it's usually quiet later on in the afternoon. I went ... read more

HELLO !!! So we are finally here and finally on the internet - sorry for the delay. Phil is merrily working away but he's got tomorrow off. Sorry to those of you that i never got to see in the UK. Had a bit of a nightmare with the van. First it was ages in the garage and then i got a hole in the radiator pipe and got stranded in Redditch. So sorry to emm, emily, nat and alissa. BIG thank you to Jo and Ross for looking after us while we got the van fixed. In your honour I've been listening to xmas music Ross and even put up some decorations. So we are here in Verbeir and it's snowing loads- the dogs are loving running around in the snow. The apartment is as ... read more

Queridos amigus, debido a que nuestro Crespo, ese animal que habita la zona sur de despeñadoggies, todavia no me ha mandado sus fotos, quiero haceros una pequeña entrega del rabo de la Pink Panther, de la hermana del Bowie, la calva del Bicho, las arañas roja y azul....... read more

Where to start describing my wonderful week in Switzerland? How about the very beginning, our arrival at the train station in Geneva where we gloried in the polite efficiency of the Swiss ticket-seller who sold us our tickets from Geneva to Le Chable? It was so nice to be back in Switzerland (my favorite foreign country) where everything runs like clockwork, people smile at you on the street, the trains run perfectly on time, and everything is wonderful. That's maybe a little idealistic, but Yazi and I were THAT glad to be back...it was a good way to start our trip! Verbier was getting snow the day we arrived (Monday Feb. 12) so we took the train around the lake and caught the Saint Bernard Express at Martigny to Le Chable, which is in the Val ... read more