We have returned from a great vacation. We spent a week in Chamonix, France skiing in the French Alps. It was pretty amazing. We went with 9 other people from the squadron and had a blast. Owen skied the most (5 days), I went 3. We did the bunnies first until we were comfortable and then tried out the blues. It has been quite a few years since either of us had skied. It wasn't to hard to catch onto again. It was beautiful weather most of the time, snowing Wednesday and Thursday, giving us a great day of powder skiing on Friday. Monday was pretty awful. We all went out and all day we struggled just trying to see in front of us. We had zero visibility most of the day. Tuesday I spent the day touring the village with another couple while Owen enjoyed a sunny day on the slopes. I was a little bummed I didn't go. Wednesday we all went up again and had a better day with a little more sunshine and then some snow, but at least we could see most of the time. Thursday we took the day off and went and did some more site seeing. Our chalet that we stayed in was fabulous. It can hold up to 15 people. It had a fireplace and hot tub and best of all an in house cook. She was amazing. She prepared 3 course meals for us every night except for Tuesday(her day off). We had things like salmon, duck, chicken, pork, and wonderful desserts. Each day after we had been skiing we would come back and she would have bread and a cake for us to snack on before supper. So you can say we were well taken care of and ate way too much. The Tuesday she was off we went out for the evening and enjoyed a wine tasting class, learning about the different French wines. Then had a wonderful French supper with lots and lots of cheese. Below are a few pics so enjoy.
Our Chalet in Chamonix (Andrea and Kyle)
Our Menu for Saturday- each meal was like this
Our group and a few other guest waiting for supper
Living room (projector tv)
Andrea and I (the only 2 girls on the trip)
Trying to figure out which way to go, we couldn't see anything
This is how bad it was on Monday
One of the ski resorts- Le Tour
Downtown Chamonix - This guys carriage said Dr. on it
My first taste of Susi- absolutely didn't like it
Wine tasting- pretty good wine
Look at the table behind and notice how much cheese they are eating
At supper having raclette(meat, cheese and potato) and an assortment of meats w/ sauces (cook yourself)
Our Restaurant
On top of a mountain having lunch (didn't ski down it was a black)
A view of Chamonix from the top
Mt. Blanc- highest mt in France- a view from our chalet
Another view of some mountains from the chalet
These pics are from Geneva, Switzerland- We flew in and out of there and were able to tour a little bit. The fountain in the back is-Jet d’Eau fountain: the height of the jet is an incredible 140m, with 500 litres of water forced out of the nozzle every second at about 200kph. Each drop takes sixteen seconds to complete the round-trip from nozzle to lake
A very tiny cop car
Clock- made out of flowers
big checkers and chess boards
Central Perk in Geneva
