Finally

...and then there was snow. Woo!! the snow started a coupla days ago, its been alternating between lovely dry sticky snow and huge flakes, and then almost rain-like flakes and wet soggy snow. All in all looks like when the lifts open we will have something half decent to board on :D Hopefully I'll be up there on Saturday...as long as we've got the chalet all ready for our first guest :) Cant wait to hit the slopes! 

The other night we went off to do some wine tasting so we could help chose the house wines and the upgrade wines for the guests....was more than just a little tipsy by the time we got round all the  wines, and was interesting trying to come up with different ways to describe wine ('um, well its bold and erm, smooth with a hint of sophistication..??). But it was a good evening and we were all fairly jolly by the end of it so a night out was bound to follow ;). 

Fun practical day

So today things have been a lil more interesting. Still no snow but I have high hopes for tomorrow....iv managed to convince myself that when I wake up in the morning it IS gonna be white. :/ Today we have been looking at how to look after the hot tub, driving the minivan and putting on snow chains. It was a nice more practical day...I enjoyed driving the minivan, was confusing driving on the other side of the road. I may have tried to go round a coupla roundabouts the wrong way but I got there in the end :)

We also learnt how to put on snow chains and I have to say I was pretty awesome....Iv definitely unearthed a hidden talent :/we also had the boys trying to race each other putting them on. It was fairly amusing to watch.

The guys Ill be working with in Chalet Chambertin are awesome. Today they threw together a lunch for everyone when we didnt think we had anything....tasted amazing. Freddie and Rachel are my favourite cooks out here. 

We also had an amazing dinner...I am definitely being well fed here. We had homemade creamy fish pie with veg and ice cream for pudding :D

I will eventually stop posting pictures of just food....but as theres no snow the yummy food is the only way to go.

We also tried looking a food budgets and cost per person for food and wine....it was definitely confusing and I'm hoping Freddie and Rach understood it :S

At the end of the day we headed to Bar Robinson and chilled out with a few beers (well everyone else had beer, but I was definitely in a hot chocolate mood). 

Was an awesome day topped off nicely by a big cup of hot chocolate and am nice and chilled out. All ready for a long day tomorrow moving boxes from chalet to chalet then an evening wine tasting ;) looking forward to it...

There's a lot to take in.

So here I am now in Morzine. Arrived yesterday at about 10am which was a total of 21 hours travelling since I left my house. The ride was not what you would call comfy....There were 8 people in the minibus and a hell of alot of luggage. People had to share seats and were tightly packed with luggage. But we arrived in one piece :)
After a short nap we had a nice meal kindly provided by Emma and Olly...with caaake :D

We all sat down and chilled out together, it was nice to chat to the people I will be working in not in the confines of the cramped minivan. After a few (ahem) bottles of wine everyone was getting on well and people slouched off to bed.

We are currently temporarily housed in a different chalet to the one I will be working in while we all go through training together, and sharing a room with the legend that is Glenda Bottomley :D Definately regretted having the nap when we got in as neither of us got any sleep that night and ended up watching Wallie till 6am....
Am definitely flagging now.
Olly has gone through the details of what our jobs entail today...and its a lot to take in. Makes me feel pretty nervous bout starting, but Im working with some awesome people so I have a good feeling bout it all :)
Snow is Due to fall this Friday...have got my fingers crossed.

Organised chaos..

So it may have only hit me recently how soon I go, and how much I have left to organise...

So in a frenzied, item throwing state I've spent the last coupla days attempting to write lists and pack up my stuff, those who know me well know this is normal for me. Its a lot harder than I thought it would be to pack for six months...not quite the same as packing for a week long hol in the snow. Have bought a few last minute things such as a camera charger (fairly neccessary) and a new helmet (not so neccessary). Have sorted through my music, which was a huuuuge task as apparently I am ITunes illiterate, and finally everything is slowly coming together in a slightly chaotic way.

One list of many....











This is actually more organised than it looks.

 New Helmet :)

Most of my stuff is now in bags and I may have tried on all my gear (to make sure it all still fits of course) a few too many times, and soon I will be off. My blog will (hopefully) then make for a more interesting read....

Only 18 days to go

So I don't have long left now. Have been 'persuaded' to start a blog to document my season....thanks to Dan Jesse.

I have been successful enough to bag a job with a company I have a lot of respect for. From what I have experienced so far from  Mountain Mavericks  they are a small and unique company providing bespoke holidays in a range of different chalets located around the immense Portes Du Soleil area. 

I will be working as a chalet host in The Chalet Chambertin....it has a jacuuuuuzzi :D

So hopefully I will be posting lots of pictures and describing how my winter season 2011-12 is going for anyone interested :)