07/02/15
Day
1 had an early start with the Thorne household up and ready early (for once),
keen to get to the airport and get away. After waiting for the rest of our
party to arrive – Richard, Aimee, Marc and Marie – we checked in and headed through
departures and to the duty free shop – priorities. Once purchasing copious
amounts of alcohol we then headed through to the café to get a bite to eat then
onto the plane. The flight with Aurigny was direct to Grenoble from Guernsey
and was only 2 hours long.
After
arriving in Grenoble we got on a BensBus coach without any waiting around. The
coach journey was roughly 2 hours long as well and took us right to our hotel.
The coach meandered through the mountains and up through and out of the clouds to
reveal brilliantly blue sky and thick glistening snow – the scenery was
absolutely stunning.
Once
checked into our hotel, Le Pic Blanc, we went and collected our ski passes,
skis and snowboards in a shop that was far to cramped for my liking and smelt
like BO. Never the less we gathered our gear, all prepared for tomorrow and
headed back to the hotel.
The
night ended with a couple of drinks in an Irish bar called O’Sharkeys in the
centre of the village, a pizza from a small café named Chicken Roll and a
frosty (-6oC) walk back to our home for the next week,
Le Pic Blanc. Although today was mainly travelling and sorting ourselves out it
lovely to see the snow and the ski runs we will soon be snowboarding
(rolling/falling/tumbling) down. It is Marc and Marie’s first time skiing so
they are having lessons in the morning and Richie’s first time snowboarding –
in fact, today was the first time Richard has seen proper snow, not just
Guernsey slush that we endured last week, so that was exciting in its own
right!
Come
back tomorrow to see what we get up to on the slopes…
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| It was an early start for Zak at the airport |
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| Mum and I are sharing a room and it was a royal mess just five minutes after opening the door - whoops! |
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| The view at night from our balcony - Mum and I in our matching beanies |
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| Our home for the next week - Hotel Le Pic Blanc |
Bye
for now x
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