J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Ian Wickham

Ian Wickham wrote:When in Switzerland I have tried the wine and very good it has been too, but I found this beer site and I wondered if any
of you boys and girls out there could recommend some of the Weiss beers, now I'm not a total idiot about weiss beer as in a passed life I used to sell
them for a living so I'm not looking to be educated but advised. Over to you connoisseurs 8)

http://www.swissbeer.ch/swiss.shtml

Any one fancy a beer, my round :cry:

AllyG wrote:Hi Everyone,
One of my friends always stays in a catered chalet, and she says the big advantage her chalet has, is that they offer ski hosting.

Apparently this means that the chalet hosts take groups of guests ski-ing around the resort with them, and they do groups of different standards so that as long as you can ski a blue run OK you can go, and if you're a brilliant skier you go with the advanced group.

And they're willing to take the kids, which means the parents can relax knowing that their children aren't ski-ing on their own.

This service is free, and obviously saves a lot of money on ski lessons, although it is not directly comparable, because the hosts are only guides, not teachers.

I don't know what percentage of catered chalets offer ski hosting, but I think quite a few do.

We always go self-catering now, because my daughter has multiple food intolerances, which would be very difficult to cater for in a ski chalet. As it is, we enjoy shopping in the supermarket, and having French neighbours in our apartment block, and it gives us an opportunity to practice our French.

Ally

Good on ya another converted soul :mrgreen:

LOTA wrote:I know what you mean Wickers; can't stop looking at web cams and snow forecasts!

Luckily I have a busy week with quite a few events so the time until departure will pass pretty quickly!

Brother went to Bormio for work yesterday; took them a 10-hour drive from the airport. Grim!

I love Bormio in summer or winter :wink:

On this pro chalet thread there has been a comparison with hotel food, you need to careful with comparing Hotels booked with TO's and hotels booked independently where the hotels get a far better deal with a knock on effect of much better food. :D

Pablo Escobar wrote:In your search for DIY perfection you obviously ended up in the wrong chalet :D

What you need is a little trip to Sainte Foy!

It was a posh one in Chamonix, but then again a dog kennel would be posh for me :mrgreen:

When in Switzerland I have tried the wine and very good it has been too, but I found this beer site and I wondered if any
of you boys and girls out there could recommend some of the Weiss beers, now I'm not a total idiot about weiss beer as in a passed life I used to sell
them for a living so I'm not looking to be educated but advised. Over to you connoisseurs 8)

http://www.swissbeer.ch/swiss.shtml

snowplough wrote:Riffraff seem to be everywhere these days (even j2ski), thought I saw some in a mirror just last week but couldn't have been!

I hope you glared at the riffraff and waved your fist screaming out riffraff :mrgreen:

Pablo Escobar wrote:In your search for DIY perfection you obviously ended up in the wrong chalet :D

What you need is a little trip to Sainte Foy!

If I was taking over the whole chalet for a week or two it would be OK :thumbup:

When are you off Started by User in Ski Chatter, 661 Replies
LOTA wrote:I know what you mean Wickers; can't stop looking at web cams and snow forecasts! Luckily I have a busy week with quite a few events so the time until departure will pass pretty quickly! Brother went to Bormio for work yesterday; took them a 10-hour drive from the airport. Grim! I love Bormio in summer or winter :wink:

What exactly is a catered chalet? Started by User in Ski Chatter, 41 Replies
On this pro chalet thread there has been a comparison with hotel food, you need to careful with comparing Hotels booked with TO's and hotels booked independently where the hotels get a far better deal with a knock on effect of much better food. :D

What exactly is a catered chalet? Started by User in Ski Chatter, 41 Replies
Pablo Escobar wrote:In your search for DIY perfection you obviously ended up in the wrong chalet :D What you need is a little trip to Sainte Foy! It was a posh one in Chamonix, but then again a dog kennel would be posh for me :mrgreen:

Skiing with the kids, Christmas 2009 - ideas?? Started by User in Ski Chatter, 25 Replies
snowplough wrote:Riffraff seem to be everywhere these days (even j2ski), thought I saw some in a mirror just last week but couldn't have been! I hope you glared at the riffraff and waved your fist screaming out riffraff :mrgreen:

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