Time to pack, advice on food.

snowb4ndit wrote:Where are you going and how long for?

We are of to Flaine, for a week. We don't expect to be eating in every night but sometimes its nice to put your feet up and stay in rather than brave the freezing night!

Oops, just read your signature...Flaine.

To be honest for a week I wouldn't really bother too much.

Bacon - Yes you just can't get bacon as we know it here, unless you pay through the nose.

Paxo stuffing if you're going to have a roast.

Most other things you can get here, the carrefour super market is pretty good.

Ethnic items i.e things you might need to make a curry are hard to find!

Snapzzz wrote:

snowb4ndit wrote:Where are you going and how long for?

We are of to Flaine, for a week. We don't expect to be eating in every night but sometimes its nice to put your feet up and stay in rather than brave the freezing night!

I definitely wouldn't waste valuable luggage space on things like pasta, it's all available here and not anymore expensive than at home.

Have a pizza night...You can buy fresh rolled pizza dough here and make your own. Mozarella very cheap.

You definitely dont need to bring sandwich meats...Sooooo much available here!

You can survive on basic carbs like malt barley, hops, rice. In fact, Budweiser have been kind enough to supply it to us in a convenient liquid form. Just take a bag full of those and you'll be ok...

We did a couple of takeaway pizza's when one of the local restaurants closed and the other was fully booked ...... €15 euro and a round of drinks while waiting €22 euro the lot, plus the bottle of plonk from the supermarket €8......€ 30 the lot . A normal meal out was €60-€70. And then there was a couple of "Friends" DVD's to watch.

Id be carefully with pizza. You never know if your accom will have an oven.

If you're driving, take a slow cooker! We ( the royal we ) put it on a lunch time and its ready for when we return in the evening. Soak up the contents with a french stick and wash it down with beer/wine :)

colemangavin wrote:Id be carefully with pizza. You never know if your accom will have an oven.

If you're driving, take a slow cooker! We ( the royal we ) put it on a lunch time and its ready for when we return in the evening. Soak up the contents with a french stick and wash it down with beer/wine :)

No a takeaway pizza :shock:

granted but.....

"Have a pizza night...You can buy fresh rolled pizza dough here and make your own. Mozarella very cheap."