Skiing (Day Two)

Or Jules' new boots....

Well it was time for Jules to try out her new boots. We started a little earlier today and thought it would be a good idea to try the horrible Tourmaline run again (hoping it was going to be quieter) plus we wanted to take some pictures from the top.

Well none of our hopes were realised. Jules' confidence was torn to pieces by the previous day's skiing so we decided to head back over to the Crystal run that we liked the day before. It was the same old drill, the horrible drag lift up then ski over to the chair which would take us to the top. Incidentally I forgot to mention yesterday that once you get off the chair you have to ski over to the beginning of the Crystal run uphill! While you got a bit of a run up it was still hard work to make it to the top. But the run made it all worthwhile.

We were worried that Jules would not like it, but that was unfounded. We skied there for the rest of the morning. Jules' confidence grew and Peter and I started having races down the hill. We planned on having a late lunch to take advantage of the quiet time between 12 and 2 when everyone else was at lunch. So about 1:30 we skied right down to the bottom and then caught the gondola to the top. The gondola took us to 2480m and from there we had a fantastic view of Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain at 4810m. We had lunch here and then walked over to a viewing area to get a better look at the mountain. After an obligatory snow fight (which I won of course) we skied back over to Crystal and spent the rest of the afternoon there.

Again, we were stuffed by the time we stopped skiing. We grabbed some pre-cooked Tartiflette (potato bake) from the Supermarket and headed back to the apartment for dinner, drinks and cards (which Jules won of course)!

Oh and in case you were wondering, Jules' new boots worked great!



See, I already beat Peter to the right side of the photo!



The French Alps



The start of the Crystal run



Hot Chocy Time... (you can see Crystal and the Col de Plate chairlift in the background)



Mont Blanc