Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!

So it's been a while since I updated, the work side hasn't changed much, still not really getting more than a few hours off which means I haven't been skiing much at all! I'm really trying to find the time to get out but with guests not leaving til ten am it's a bit difficult! However I am not going to carry on complaining about that, we have had enough annoyed chats with each other out here to not bore anyone reading this with it all! I will start to get out earlier and on the up side my dinner service is going really well, got it running smoothly and getting good compliments, feedback and tips! So it's just getting on with finishing the morning stuff!

On to the fun stuff, had another couple of lessons, I am improving technically I just need to get my confidence back, so as long as I'm not on the shopping trip tomorrow, I'm off to the short steep run where I can practise!! I'm going to have more lessons in a few weeks hopefully! I even skied a red last week! Shocker for me lol!

Christmas went well, dinner was great... Apart from when I set the oven on fire, but that was only a minor blip :-) we all met at lunch time and had champagne at the top of te lift, I might be working hard and occasionally wishing I had more time free but being up there on a clear blue sky day looking across at mont blanc made it all worthwhile!! Didn't ski much because by we had lunch (yummy tartiflette!) I had to go back to put the turkey in! photos are from Christmas day!

Loving my guests this week.... Group of Geordies! Makes a change to be able to talk bout home and summer work places and them know where I mean! Plus the whole group (southern half included) are just really nice!

In other news my parents are coming on the 28th jan! Can't wait, will be so nice to see them and ski with them, I also think my skiing will improve a bit more with them here..... Well it has to or dad is threatening to hit me with his skis! Im already thinking of nice runs to take them on like the long tree line blue to la roche, and across to bellecote!! Plus I get to get stuff from the uk :-) So I really need to spend the new four weeks on the hill as much as possible so I get back to how I was last season!

Too much snow??

Well it's been a while since I posted, this is mainly down to being ridiculously busy setting up chalets, cleaning, getting surprise last minute guests, shopping trips on blizzards to bourg, drinking and an odd bit of skiing!

Er well chalet set up etc is very dull so I will spare you the details, first guests arrived on Sunday, so first transfer day is tomorrow.... Cooking and everything is going well!

I've been out a few times, mainly to scotties, where I manage to get incredibly drunk on a couple of pints and spend the rest of the night bouncing around to whichever crazy French band is playing that night and just generally have a fab time. Now my guests have arrived I'm only really going out on a Tuesday night so I can sleep in on my day off!

The resort opened last Saturday, I did ski, not much but enough to convince me to spend some hard earned cash on lessons. I've gone for private lessons because it's a confidence thing with me! First lesson was entertaining! Great instructor but my skiing was bad for the first hour, after that I got a bit better! Thursday we all had a free group lesson which again really helped, despite the fact we were skiing in a blizzard! The snow was awesome, best I've been on in a long long time! By the end I was feeling pretty good about my skiing so tomorrow I'm off for another private lesson to kinda keep the momentum going! I wanted to go up today but there was more chalet set up to be done!

On the snow front I think we've had about 90cms in the last two days? It's definitely a lot anyway! It looks so cool out there but it is delaying full resort opening which does kinda suck! I think this is the week it's going to turn really cold.... Down in the -20s I believe!! It does make me laugh though, seeing the news about snow chaos on the uk! Here it's barely a problem on the roads!

I don't really have any pics for now, sure I will get some soon :-)

Right its time to head back to work!

SNOW!

Snow!!!! Been snowing on and off for 24 hours now and is due to continue for most of wknd :-)

The photos are from this morning, so there is obviously more already!

Have moved into staff accom today but had been greatly distracted from unpacking properly by a slight hangover and the snow outside! Will post some pics and a proper update soon!

La plagne

I'm now in la plagne, living in one of our chalets waiting for staff accommodation to be ready on Saturday. La plagne seems nice, it's a real ski resort though, lots of 70's style apartment blocks, no snow unfortunately yet, causing a bit of concern at the minute as the forecast keeps changing! It's warm and sunny here, but real cold at night.

We've been here two days, cleaning and drinking! Last night we went to scotty's, had good laugh, met a few people working for Mark warner, there arent many Seasonnaires here yet.

My chalet is beautiful, as you can see below and the views are incredible! In fact this whole area is stunning and will look much better in the snow!

My staff accom might, if I'm lucky, have a clear view of mont blanc! It's weird here, like the resort is perched on the side of the cliff! Different to the other resorts I've worked in before, we feel very high!!

Oh the other fun thing that happened was Natwest blocking my card because my spending pattern resembled recent fraud activity picked up by the bank! So one long phone call later I was able to get at my money again! I was mainly annoyed because I had told them I was coming abroad!

Right, I think lunch is over so I had better get back on with sorting my chalet! Am currently organising the kitchen to exactly as I want it! It's a bit sad but I'm really enjoying getting it sorted out :-)