Messages posted by : GreenGoblin
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Hi, all.
Taking our (by then) 22-month old daughter to Flaine in the first week of February. Does anyone have experience of Les P'tits Loups nursery in resort (prices/hours/whether it's any good(!) etc)? I have already emailed them, and in their reply they only stated they're taking bookings from the end of August. There was no info on prices or times It seems very odd that no tour operator has any info about it, and there is no website either. Makes me a little nervous about leaving her with them... Failing that, has anyone used any nanny services in Flaine? We've signed up to Alpine Child Care's site, but I'd like some alterntatives if they're available Thanks in advance for any help/advice GG |
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Val d'Isere booked in July for the last week of January. Little did we know at that time a certain life event would put the kybosh on the good lady wife's skiing plans! There's plenty for a pregnant lady to do in a ski resort, right?!
Might be our last trip to the mountains for a while, so I'd best make the most of it... |
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My missus has had two private lessons with New Generation in Val. I can recommend personally Danilo or Ross (if they're back in resort this year), who have both helped her immensely.
British speaking and very patient. |
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147 sleeps for me - Val d'Isere booked (again!) for 28/01.
My excuse for booking this early? It's a wedding present - to myself! And my future wife, of course ;-) |
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Despite the above harsh critique of Smartwool socks above (!), Sports Pursuit has them in their sale at the moment for £11.99.
http://www.sportpursuit.com/sales/smartwool-socks-jan16 |
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Got to agree with all of the above re: Val d'Isere.
I've just come back from my second week there, and my missus' second-ever week on snow, and she improved immeasurably. Her lessons - with New Generation - actually treated her like a skier, rather than her previous ESF instructor's incessant cry of "PARALLEL!" and making them side-slip down everything. She improved so much, we managed to SKI to Tignes on day three in fairly bad visability (for her), then ski back to Val via the Edelweiss blue and back down in the Daille gondola (after a refuel at the Folie Douce). Yes, the greens get chopped up, but only because they often traverse slopes with a higher grading and are used by pretty much everyone. The Madeleine up the Solaise was generally fine on a daily basis (and the fact you can get the chair or gondola down means no beginners on the red Piste M and Plan village runs), and the Grand Pre green accesible from the Bellevarde was in ace condition. As someone who is currently trying to help a novice improve, I'd say Val offers the terrain to get better very quickly. And not just because they have to. PS: If anyone goes with New Generation in Val d'Isere and gets Dani as their instructor, they're guaranteed to improve. My missus is living proof! |
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Val D'Isere, 31 January for me, please!
Ta. |
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