Ski-ing here at Tignes

AllyG wrote:Nelly,
I know what you mean, about trying to spare the time. Although it was only 3 days actual ski-ing, it took up 6 of my working days.


But if I'd lived near a London airport I suppose I could have done it in 3 1/2 days since they have more flights and I wouldn't have had to take so long getting to the airport.

How much holiday do most people get? I have no idea (being self-employed).

Ally

I'm going with 2 chums this coming weekend. We live on the South coast but are flying from Luton. Flying out Thursday afternoon back Sunday night. Means we can do the school drop off and then are free women! Yeha, is there anything more scary? 3 middle aged mums on the razz. But it does mean only 2 days off work for 3 days skiing.

Like Zwee I was beginning to look forward to a long weekend of walking and reading (i'm the one with the crook knee - my last episode of ice skiing - so I don't do ice anymore) but am very excited to see all the pretty white stuff falling.

Anyone else going to the Edge to Edge camp this weekend?

Currently snowing pretty hard in Tignes!

Hi Slamb,
I'm sorry to hear about your knee on the ice. It is pretty hard ski-ing on ice, and I can quite see why you didn't want to do it again. I broke my shoulder on the dry slope at Pembrey a few years ago, so I was also ski-ing pretty carefully on the ice.

It does look as though there's going to be plenty of snow for you, though. Have a great time!

It's a pity we weren't all together at the Edge to Edge Camp - it would have been four middle aged women together (plus my 16 year old daughter of course). I had to go during half-term so that she could come with me, and I had to fit it in with cleaning our holiday cottages on Friday and Saturday before we left on Sunday. So we skied Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. It is quite confusing because they have people coming and going every day all week, so they never have a full dining room at supper time, because some people are always on their way back to Geneva or on their way out.

If you haven't been to Geneva airport before - we eventually discovered that they have a Starbucks, Upper Crust, and Burger King in the 'Jardins de Geneve' area on the top floor of the airport, and the food there isn't quite so outrageously priced as in the cafes and restaurants below.

Ally

AllyG wrote:Hi Slamb,

It's a pity we weren't all together at the Edge to Edge Camp - it would have been four middle aged women together (plus my 16 year old daughter of course).

If you haven't been to Geneva airport before - we eventually discovered that they have a Starbucks, Upper Crust, and Burger King in the 'Jardins de Geneve' area on the top floor of the airport, and the food there isn't quite so outrageously priced as in the cafes and restaurants below.

Ally

Maybe next year :D

We've got a couple of hours to kill waiting for the transfer, was hoping to sip a glass or two of wine in that time. Any recommendations for the airport for something stronger than a coffee?

Hi Slamb,
I'm very sorry, but I'm tea-total, so I wasn't looking for any alcohol :lol: I did see some bars but they didn't look particularly attractive.

What I can tell you, though, is that it's very difficult to walk out of the airport and go anywhere. Our hotel was practically outside the airport, but there was a huge motorway between the airport and the hotel (and the rest of Geneva), which I suppose is why they do free transfers to the airport hotels.

But - it is very easy to get the train into the centre of Geneva. The train station is practically part of the airport - you just walk through a revolving door and you're in the station. And all the trains from there go into the centre of Geneva, where there are loads of restaurants, bars, cafes etc. The train only takes a few minutes, because the centre of Geneva is only a couple of miles from the airport. And we bought a day travel pass which only cost 7 Swiss Francs (1.6 to the pound) and works on the train, bus, and tram. We went into the centre on the train and came back on the bus, which I think was a bit slower.

So, if you reckon you have time, you could go into the centre to look for a drink. If you get held up a bit, I expect they'd wait for you, if you gave them a ring. We had to wait half an hour for some people who's plane didn't get in until 7-45.

We are planning on going next year, but it will be October half-term again.

Ally

slamb, try the Montreux Jazz Cafe, it's quite nice :D

bandit wrote:slamb, try the Montreux Jazz Cafe, it's quite nice :D

Just had a look at our booking details and we're being met in The Hub. Any good?

slamb wrote:

bandit wrote:slamb, try the Montreux Jazz Cafe, it's quite nice :D

Just had a look at our booking details and we're being met in The Hub. Any good?

It's a small cafe in arrivals, seen it but not used it, sorry....