J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by verglas

No sorry Ally never saw that.

My wife dicede she wanted a private lesson one day and I met her and her instructor at lunchtime, this guy was calld "Freaky" and he told us he used to be the Bulgarian ski jump champion and had competed in the Olympics with "Eddie the Eagle", he then went on to explain that Eddie joined him in a ski jump tour/roadshow type thing in Bulgaria, and the best bit, Eddie was responsible for introducing the Mars bar to Bulgaria, because he brought so many of them over with him and it was allegedly his staple diet!!!

Perhaps if anyone sees Eddie they could verify this factoid?

AllyG yes that included lessons as they were packages, the component cost of each item Ski/boot hire, lift pass cost as much as the package with lessons. In the end only 3 of our family used the lessons and even then only about 50% of the time.

That was the worst aspect of the trip the tuition was very poor compared to Poiana, I was stood at the top of a lift one day and two of my children apeared with 4 other friends, I asked where the instructor was and they said they had lost him! We waited a while and set of down together, next day they had a new instructor. (nuff said!)

Probably Caron-a!

Tony your reviews are part of the reason I chose the Hoff, so well done, you better be right!

The combination of the gentle stuff on the Ahorn for my better half and No 1 daughter and some more adventurous opps for me and the other two kids was very apealling, we usuallly ski together in the morning, have lunch together then split up meeting again at the bar afterwards.

This beats working, have to be careful and avoid adiction!

The two years prior to Borovets I spent in Poiana Brasov in Romania, (my taste for cost saving is limitless!) again I thought it a lovely little resort, but very limited skiing. we again were lucky with the snow but the weeks prior to departure were nail biting.

If Poiana had a better snow record it should be considered by anyone wanting to learn to ski, picturesque, clean, value for money, very good tuition.

My Borovets,just to clarify, it was 3k for 5 people (my family) all in, Ally is paying 3.3k for 3 without grub, so whilst there is a significant difference its not quite what you state.

Cheers.

Thank you for the welcome, I have lurked here for a while, so feel I know you all already!

AllyG I enjoy doing DIY on all my holidays and lots of Googling usually finds a bargain, the guy that owned the Villa put us in touch with a couple of chaps who look after various properties and have a couple of mini bus's, one of them owned the pub in the village the other owned the shop!

I am off to Mayrhofen this Feb and looking forward to comparing and contrasting.

I did a 10 hour round trip a week last Saturday for 5 hours skiing, there was only the M1 Poma open it was so windy at the Ptarmigan you could barely stand at times, there was zero visibility, there was spin drift blasting your face and it was raining at the middle station.

I loved every second of it, it is a unique experience "combat" skiing in Scotland I recomend it to everyone, it will put hairs on your chest!!!

Hello everyone, my first post :)

I went to Borovets last February with very low expectations having read many of the dire reviews that exist, I have to say it exceeded my expectations, admitedly the conditions were superb, some days we had 2 foot of powder :shock:

We were a group of 3 families 13 in total and stayed in a village about 15 minutes drive from Borovets, in a brand new villa, that cost us £900 for the week (half term), I found food and drink in the village extremely cheep, but in Borovets it doubled even there though (for comparison) you could get a pint for under £2.00.

The ski infrastructure was very good I would say with only a few "Pomas" on the shorter runs and the majority of lifts modern 4 man many with soft starts. the scenery is superb.

If you are after piste milage then you will run out after a few days but I believe the off piste is good, although I never took the oppertunity apart from taking some lines through the forest. But for family skiing with the occaisional solo foray it is a smashing resort. The runs vary from exposed mountain reds and blacks to sedate treelined runs from top to bottom, enough variation for all levels and ideal progression slopes for learners.

I found the place clean (what isnt when its covered with snow) and the locals friendly.

We ate either on the mountain or in the resort most days and never had a bad meal, we tried many of the local dishes, (my favourite dish was banski sash)

For half term last Feb I paid 3K in total for Lufthansa flights, accomodation, lift pass, ski hire and food/drink budget for my family of 5, which is value for money in my opinion.

I have no agenda in providing this information but simply want to give you my perspective as someone who feared the worst and was very pleasantly surprised.

My posting virginity is lost. :oops: