13/02/14
Friday
the 13th… No bones were broken, we all made it through the holiday
in one piece!
Today
was our last day snowboarding and skiing; it was a sad, sad day for all
(although our bodies are in need of a well deserved rest). It was rather
overcast which was a change after being beautiful sunshine all week but it was
nice to have a day where we weren’t swamping after putting our boots on. The
cloud did make it a bit harder to see the grooves and turns on the slopes
though – we do have some goggles designed for the overcast weather but getting
those would require too much effort so we just made do.
After
brekkie we went straight to the slopes and got going. We ventured over to the
other side of the mountain for a few runs before stopping off for lunch at Marc and Marie’s local (they stopped there at least 6 times for a drink and/or
something to eat during the holiday – the waiter even knew their drink order
off by heart). Aimee, Richie, Mum, Dad and I then continued boarding for a
couple of hours, even heading to the practice stunt park. Come 2 o’clock we
decided to call it a day, after a great final run. We didn’t want to push
ourselves to do too much more because it would be Sod’s Law that we would
seriously injure ourselves on that ‘one last run’.
Instead
Marc, Zak, Aimee, Richie and I all bought some ‘bum-boards’ and had a play
around sliding down a man-made hollow in the snow – we must have been the
oldest ones playing on the slope but it was such a laugh and worth the €2.50
for the bum-boards.
This
evening we browsed around some shops, popped into O’Sharkey’s for a drink and
made our way to Smithy’s for our dinner reservation. Again the food was
absolutely phenomenal – if anyone reading this is going to Alpe d’Huez you NEED
to eat at Smithy’s Tavern, there is no faulting it. While we were in Smithy’s
it started to snow for the first time since we’ve been here. This was the first
time Richie has seen snowfall and it was rather exciting.
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| One of the nicest runs, mum stalking |
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| Zak falling off the bum-board |
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| Richie also had a go |
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| Nope, I didn't know I was that flexible either... |
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| Marc was the biggest kid having the most fun! |
Bye
for now x
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