Where to buy property?

Snowb4ndit,
When you went off last season you posted a topic asking for suggestions of things you should take with you.
Despite searching for key words (marmite was one!) I can't find it - so I've tagged this on to the end of this post.
Was wondering - what did you find you couldn't have done without and what was totally pointless?


On topic - I think Taninges might be even less than 20 mins drive from Samoens and the Grand Massif express. It looks like a nice village.

Dids1 wrote:Snowb4ndit,
When you went off last season you posted a topic asking for suggestions of things you should take with you.
Despite searching for key words (marmite was one!) I can't find it - so I've tagged this on to the end of this post.
Was wondering - what did you find you couldn't have done without and what was totally pointless?


On topic - I think Taninges might be even less than 20 mins drive from Samoens and the Grand Massif express. It looks like a nice village.

We took lots of things with us and to be honest it did save us quite a bit of money. Heinz baked beans, ketchup, hp sauce and Marmite are all available in the 'anglaise' sections but at extortionate prices i.e. £2 for a tin of beans!


There are some things you just cannot get at all i.e. decent tea, at any price so that is definitely a must as well as pickled onions and Branston pickle.

One last thing is that there are shops selling 'saucisson' everywhere you look and the supermarkets are laden with them, but you will not find anything that resembles a good old english pork banger. Don't get me wrong I do love tasting all the different cured sausages of the mountains, but I was very much looking forward to decent sausage when I got home! :shock: :lol:

@ Dids1 again...

Yes, The more I look the more I want to go to Tanninges. I think it's about twenty minutes either way to Sameons or Les Gets.

snowb4ndit wrote:@ Dids1 again...

Yes, The more I look the more I want to go to Tanninges. I think it's about twenty minutes either way to Sameons or Les Gets.

Perfect then.
and not far to places like Megeve and Les Saisies. We did Samoens to Les Saisies in around an hour and a half.

And you're right. Nothing like a good bit of English sausage.....

snowb4ndit wrote:@ Dids1 again...

Yes, The more I look the more I want to go to Tanninges. I think it's about twenty minutes either way to Sameons or Les Gets.

I reckon about 5 mins to Morillon is the nearest

daved wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:@ Dids1 again...

Yes, The more I look the more I want to go to Tanninges. I think it's about twenty minutes either way to Sameons or Les Gets.

I reckon about 5 mins to Morillon is the nearest

I think you're right there, because we went along to Morillon in January to ski with Wickers the wicked and his lovely family. Didn't take long at all. (Once we found the correct directions!)

snowb4ndit wrote:

daved wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:@ Dids1 again...

Yes, The more I look the more I want to go to Tanninges. I think it's about twenty minutes either way to Sameons or Les Gets.

I reckon about 5 mins to Morillon is the nearest

I think you're right there, because we went along to Morillon in January to ski with Wickers the wicked and his lovely family. Didn't take long at all. (Once we found the correct directions!)

And I'm very much looking forward to doing it all again this winter .... now that wasn't too wicked, was it ?? :wink:

Ian Wickham wrote:
And I'm very much looking forward to doing it all again this winter .... now that wasn't too wicked, was it ?? :wink:

Ian, Ian, oh dear Ian - that so much depends on what "it" was which can be implied but not confirmed from your follow on post.
:mrgreen: