By now we were quite used to the routine of getting to school in time and today, the last day, actually made it quite comfortably The children had their ‘tests’ today to grade their progress for the next time they went skiing, but other than that it was to be a fairly relaxed morning. The blizzard overnight had calmed significantly and the blue skies were showing again above the bowl of the valley, so … Read entire article »

Today started with the normal routine of breakfast and the visit to the equipment room, but it was to be a longer day of skiing. Right from the start, the day looked good; although there was some low cloud down in the valley, the sun was out and the sky was as blue and clear as it could be. The sun was behind the mountains to the south east of our village, but its presence was … Read entire article »

This was clearly going to be a very different Christmas Day from the start, but the children still had stockings left at the ends of their beds! They were super impressed, not only that Santa had managed to find them in France, in the mountains, but also that he had managed to bring their own decorated stockings (from our friend Colleen Bond) Santa is very clever! We had a variety pack for breakfast as … Read entire article »

With renewed vigour after a good night’s sleep, we were all ready to tackle the slopes again today. The children were delivered to their class, and Liz also, joined her group up on the slopes shortly after we have sorted out skis, gloves, helmet, boots and all the other paraphernalia that is required of skiing, but which the little ones still struggle to carry about. Unsurprisingly, since even the small skis are cumbersome and heavy for … Read entire article »

The rain had stopped overnight, but it was still remarkable mild for for 2000m AMSL, no more than a day after the winter solstice. The scene we awoke to was as magical as we had expected. Our apartment was ‘cozy’, but sufficient for our needs and the views of the mountains to the east were stunning. Snow blanketed the area still, and the children were excited to get going and so rushed their chocolate coated cereals … Read entire article »