J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Hi Owen,

I don't own my own skis, but I have observed another negative about owning your own skis to add to the list.

Skiers never seem to be satisfied with owning just one pair of skis. It's as though buying the first pair opens the flood gates and they keep looking at ads, and in ski shops, until finally they can't resist the temptation and they buy another pair. Ski manufacturers are crafty, and each year they seem to 'improve' ski design and whatever the new development is, it becomes the next 'must have'. The skis I hired this year, for example, were last year's K2 True Luv's and on my return out of curiosity I looked them up and discovered that this year's model have 'rockers' (whatever those are).

So, I would guess that owning skis is like buying a computer - within a fairly short space of time you'll want a laptop as well, and then a new pc after about 2 years.

If you do buy a pair of skis I'd advise you to buy a double ski bag because it won't be long before you'll be wanting a second pair - for ski-ing in powder, in the park, or whatever the latest excuse is :lol:

Ally

billip1 wrote:For example, Ally: "Il m'a fait marcher" - "he pulled my leg". Je pense.

Merci beaucoup Billip et Dave, je pense que Admin nous a fait marcher - c'est exacte?

:D :D

Ally

Dave Mac wrote:

AllyG wrote:Do the French actually say 'leg pull' like that, in a direct translation. Ally

Je faire marcher!

And how does 'I make to walk' translate?

Do the French actually say 'leg pull' like that, in a direct translation, I've often wondered? And I am a bit worried about that volcano actually. I'm hoping it won't affect the Eurostar come next ski season, because the train goes to Bourg St Maurice :cry:

Ally

How about Lapland? That way your kids couldn't complain about missing Christmas because they'd be going to see Father Christmas at home, in the forest in Finland. And I should think it would be guaranteed snow as well, because their ski season starts at the beginning of November.

RoseR has been there at least twice and she raves about how great it is - with sleigh rides etc. I almost felt like going there myself, after reading her description. Mind you, it's not cheap, but then neither is Obergurgl.

Ally

Hi Yma,
We were there a couple of days after New Year a few years ago, and whilst there were Christmas decorations in the hotel, I don't remember anything very Christmassy in the village (although of course they may have taken all the stuff down). And to be quite truthful, I didn't think much of the village. It's basically one long road with posh hotels and restaurants lining each side of it. If you want gondola out, ski in, then the places close to the gondola would be okay as long as you are all pretty good skiers because it's a very long blue run from the top of the gondola back down to the village, and the bit at the top is quite difficult for a blue run. In any case the ski bus is pretty good, and there is a chair lift in the centre of the village.

Other than those negatives the resort is fine; we all enjoyed ourselves, it has an excellent snow record, and the children's ski lessons were very good.

I definitely wouldn't stay in one of the posh hotels, if you have 'lively' kids. We did, and my kids were aged 18 and 13. It worked out okay for us, because I saw it as practice for them to learn how to use a 'silver' dinner service and dress smartly and eat 'posh' food for a couple of hours every evening - and they were very well behaved. But I did laugh, because I overheard a man talking to his rep about how his father was desperately in need of a plate of 'real' food (not all that fancy stuff with about 5 consecutive dishes with a tablespoonful of food on each one) - like a plateful of egg and chips or something and where could he get it.

So if you do go to Obergurgl I think Old Andy's quite right and a chalet might be a very good idea! It's also quite an expensive place so I would think you'd have to budget about £850 per head for chalet, flights and transfers and some of the flights go to Geneva which would be a long transfer. Innsbruck is quite close to Obergurgl (something like an hour and a half I think) but it's a tricky airport to get into, because of the mountains, and some of the flights don't go there.

I know from experience that picking a suitable resort for the family takes a lot of thought and research. I hope this helps :D

Ally

Dids1 wrote:I fell for it.... :oops:

Dids,
I was almost taken in by it as well ... and then I started thinking ... and remembered it was April Fool's day :lol:

I mean, some of these cruise ships are ridiculous - like this one (which I think does actually exist, although I may be wrong) with an ice-skating rink etc. carrying 3600 passengers:

http://www.iglucruise.com/independence-of-the-seas

Did anyone try booking the ship with the 150m long dry slope on it, just to see what they'd say?

Ally

Is this an April Fool's joke?