J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by sebby

My girlfriend and I are arriving in Aime by train (Eurostar)at 18h02 on a Saturday evening and irritatingly the train leaves from Bourg-St-Maurice at 09h50 the following Sunday. It doesn't stop at Aime.

So the question is, does anyone have suggestions on the cheapest and simplest ways of getting to Belle Plagne from Aime and from Belle Plagne to Bourg-St-Maurice? Thanks

If anyone knows approximate costs, that would be great!

Cheers

Seb

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I can highly recommend Val D'Isere. It is expensive but for atmosphere and great all round skiing, it is a must.

I have a few favourite restaurants:

Le Petit Danois is good - also serves great beer. Terrific atmosphere, sexy bar staff - what more can you ask for?

Tufs (which is in La Daille)so you'll need to drive down or make sure that you know what time the last bus goes back up to Val. Get the Entrecote Steak - It's HUGE!!!!

Savoyarde - stunning local wine and a variety of fondues and raclette.

Cheers

Sebby

Good afternoon friends.
I teach 11-18 year olds. Mostly nice kids.
I'm sure that having good motivation and well motivated parents will certainly reduce the effect of missing school.

There really is some cool stuff on this website.

Nice to meet you all by the way....sorry if I've been a bit stroppy

Sebby

Freezywater...I'm going to have to go on the defensive I'm afraid.

There is very little wrong with the education system in this country. We could do with it being less of a politcal toy, but other than that it's very good.

As for the teacher of your neighbour's child....things are never that black and white!!

If that teacher can actually afford to have three weeks off unpaid, well good luck to them. There is also a chance that the trip is part of their professional development - to make us more like teachers in other countries (which clearly you are in favour of).

The final possibility is that your neighbours child goes to a very substandard school where the Board of Governors and the Head are so weak they allow staff to take time off at will during term-time. In which case (presuming it's a comprehensive school) you also live in the same catchment. You'd better move before you have children then!!

I hope I've miss understood the whole "what's good for the goose" comment, because here I was thinking(naively) that we were all on the same side!!!

My mum was pregnant with me when she went skiing in Zakopane, Poland so technically I was minus 8 months.
As a real-life boy, I was 4, again in Zakopane. Been very nearly every year since then.

freezywater wrote:

Hamish Macbeth wrote:Take them out of school just so you can have a cheap holiday?

:thumbdown:

what's wrong with that :?: :?:

Not everyone can afford to take a family away at half-term, skiing is still an expensive holiday you know :!: Personally we always went out of school and it didn't do either myself or my brother any harm, we both went on to get decent jobs so.......... :thumbup: is what I say

As a teacher, I have to say that it shows a poor attitude to think that it's fine to remove your child from school for a week just to have a cheap holiday. However, I can perfectly understand why people do it. Everything is ridiculously priced during the two weeks. As someone who makes the decisions as to whether or not students are given permission to take a holiday, I look at their attendance first. Most of the time, those kids wanting time off have close to 100% attendance. The real problem are those who have days off every couple of weeks for different reasons. At the risk of sounding like a sad old git, I have the statistics to prove that attendance is directly linked to performance and results and that results are directly linked to earning potential......
Great forum by the way, I feel like such as miserable bugger, with this being my first post. :)
Sebby