J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by jastem

I will want to look my best when the end comes so have started looking through the ski wear catalogues and websites - must get the colour co-ordination just right. Although, with my luck the world will not end and I shall be the first woman skier killed on the ski slopes by a crocodile landing on her head )

I am going to fit in as much skiing as I can in 2010/2011 just in case though.....

I'm guessing this is a MAN thing )

Another vote for Lech - we will actually be there in four weeks' time )
Have also been there in early March when the evenings are lighter and the apres ski is great fun with live music in the High Street and quite a bit of swaying/dancing in ski boots going on. Great destination for a wedding anniversary.

I can hear the groans now, but if I listened to anything hurtling down a favourite run it would be Is it just me by Darkness :lol:

Ian Wickham wrote:

NellyPS wrote:I LOVE that feeling - the excitement is immense. I will jump up and down on the bed, get dressed in record time and then head for brekkie. Don't bother to shower in the morning when I'm skiing, a) there's no point and b) it takes too long.

Blimey I can't miss my shower not even for skiing, Nelly just get up a bit earlier it's a small price for not being smellie :D

The early morning crush in the gondola or cable car is made slightly more bearable with all the freshly toothpasted/deodorized/perfumed/aftershaved/etc. bodies as opposed to that later-in-the-day whiff of sweat/garlic/beer etc. )

Hi Snapzzz. Thinking back to my first ever ski experience (39/40 ish), I found I was far too warm and wrapped up most of the time as I thought skiing was going to be very cold all of the time. So several thin layers that you can take off if necessary. One of my favourite things is a Buff - one of those stretchy scarf thingies that you can wear round your neck or stretch right over your head to double up as a sort of balaclava. (It is also a useful hairband for us ladies!) Might be useful to take some Compeed blister plasters with you in case the ski boots cause a problem, not forgetting the Radox bath foam and arnica cream of course )
Your 9 year old daughter will whizz past you both after a couple of hours' lessons.

Last time we went to AdH for New Year, there was a torchlit descent by the ESF instructors in the early evening followed by fireworks at midnight. As we were staying in a Crystal hotel, both the French and English midnights were celebrated in the hotel. I seem to remember my son and daughter who were then teenagers, going on a bar crawl with the tour reps and having such a good time that neither of them made it on to the slopes with us oldies the next day ) Out on the slopes on New Year's Day, there was a really good atmosphere and lots of VERY silly hats. The queues were where you would expect them to be really - main DMC and chairs out of Bergers.