White Christmas in the French Alps

We departed the flat at 4.30am with a heap of packs, presents, food, 4 sleepy people and a snowboard. With the fog creating chaos at Heathrow I was very pleased that we had decided long ago to go in the Wagen to France. We cruised through the early morning London fog and got to Dover with loads of time to spare.

Gabe, Melinda and Adam at Les Arcs

A ferry trip and about 10 hours driving time later we arrived at Sainte Foy, a small ski resort in the same area as more famous resorts such as Val D'Isere, Tignes and Les Arcs. We stayed in nice 4BR Chalet about 5 mins walk to the bottom of the lift. We also did a day at Val D'Isere and Tigne, about 30 mins drive away and another day we went for a drive up to the Italian border. Unfortunately the road to Italy was closed because the ski run goes on to the road!!

Gabe, Adam, Gary and Tim

It was a nice white Christmas and all too soon the week was over and it was time to go home. We stayed a night in Reims (the Champagne town) on the way back (Melinda and I stayed there earlier in the year with other friends on our WW1 battlefield tour trip)

The last day threw up some problems at us when as I was pulling in to a petrol station, a component in the accelerator linkages broke!!! So after managing to whip out some old schoolboy French, I got it towed to a local garage and fixed. However, this meant we had missed our ferry. Not to worry, the next ferry had spots available! However due to very rough weather, Dover (UK side) was temporarily closed and the ferry departed 3 hours late!!

We ended up getting home at 2am, when we should have been home by 7.30pm!! Despite the breakdown and missed ferry, it was still a great trip and a fun Christmas!!

Intense dealings in Monopoly in the Chalet