Plane Versus Train To The Alps: The Movie

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I have just traveled 18 hours and after arriving at Gatwick I was fit for nothing let alone skiing, with flying I do get frustrated with all the hanging around at airports and I always keep thinking if I drove where could I be by now ...... security at Britains airports is totally at ridiculous levels.
And by the way if you gave me a free train ticket for the alps tomorrow, I'd give it away maybe to a student !!!!!

Ian, come on, you just got back from S Africa. Its not like thats relevant in this debate seeing as you cant take the train down. If you fly into Geneva, around where you tend to ski, its about 1.5 hour flight.

Ian Wickham wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I have just traveled 18 hours and after arriving at Gatwick I was fit for nothing let alone skiing, with flying I do get frustrated with all the hanging around at airports and I always keep thinking if I drove where could I be by now ...... security at Britains airports is totally at ridiculous levels.
And by the way if you gave me a free train ticket for the alps tomorrow, I'd give it away maybe to a student !!!!!

Ian, come on, you just got back from S Africa. Its not like thats relevant in this debate seeing as you cant take the train down. If you fly into Geneva, around where you tend to ski, its about 1.5 hour flight.

You missed the point, after travelling a silly amount of time by train with out much sleep I don't think I would be fit to ski.

OldAndy wrote:Thank goodness we don't all want to travel the same way!
Or all the planes and airports, roads or trains would be even busier than they are.
:lol:

And even worse - imagine if everyone wanted to go to a picture postcard Austrian Village or a high mountain French Moonscape or a chique Swiss resort.......

The list is endless!
Vive la difference !!
:thumbup:

TC wrote:AHHHH Champoluc Tony-H, take some travel sick pills for the winding roads up to the village, I have been twice felt sick both times don't know why as it hasn't happened anywhere else and pretty good travelling normally.

Also, watch out for Saturday mornings Italy comes to Champoluc, beware all the Italian ski Schools that are suddenly full of bib wearing little ones and try not to get caught looking after one of the kids going up the lifts, I tried not too but the lifties insist.

Funny experience with one little lad though, probbaly 9(ish), started pointing at things and speaking at me in italian. In my best italian, which means I hardly know any, I said I am English, he suddenly switched to perfect English leaving me a litlle embarassed really at 40 only being able to say I don't understand I am English.