Well, we have finally had a moment to sit down and update you all on the past six very busy weeks!
After a brief month in the UK we set off to work for Crystal Ski on the 30th November ( time has flown!)Sooo in a nutshell this is what we have been up to :
Had a week of the most intensive training in cooking and chalet keeping in the resort of La Plagne, France. This was mainly looking after our "training chalet" with the rest of a group of 8. With the help of our staff trainers Joel and Agata , we cooked full brekfast, and betweem us cooked 8 courses a day , as well as learning all the H&S, cleaning ,general guest stuff and a load of company waffel.
After this week we still werent garenteed jobs ! So not only is it a training week but an extended interview! ( no Pressure!) Somehow Ben and I managed to get in to Crystal the finest, and was transferred from Tignes to Val d'isere to work in one of the best chalets in the brochure !( again no pressure !!)
We transfered from La Plagne as fully fledged chalet hosts ( ahem!) and got to see our chalet for the first time , Chalet Thovex. It stands alone , just nestled under the mountain behind it, right in the centre of Val! It holds 12 people, has a sauna, and is absoultely stunning. We had a week to take it off the owners hands and get it ready for the season which again was one of the most frustrating and tiring weeks. Not to say we didnt get out and let our hair down, after all we had to get to know the Val night life so to be able to recommmend it to guests !
Not to mention during this week we got our apartment which is super cool, if a little on the retro side with wood paneled walls and purple flower curtains , but it is ours, and we have a balcony overlooking Val and the world class piste , "le face"!
Our first guest week was the week before christmas, so we had a run in before the big event. We had only 8 guests and everything went really well ( apart from covering the entire kitchen in red berry sauce whilst cooking duck!!) Christmas and new year was epically busy. Over the christmas period of 3 days, in 90 hours we slept 15 ! So again apologies to those who didnt get a call over the festive period!
On the other side of things ( and lets face it the more interesting!) Snowboarding ! We are now getting in to a routine that gets us on the mountain most days, and we have been getting really good snow. We have hooked up with a group out here that all work for crystal, and we go and blat around Espace killy. We have built a large kicker with a great landing to session on white out days, and beginn,ing to get to know the area ( just)!
We went up to what is called "the eye" on tuesday just gone which is one of the highest points of the mountains in Tignes and its tip is a piece of rock that is hollowed out like and eye of a needle. Basically you have to hike up to it a little to be rewarded with one of the best views in espace killy and a great big off piste powder field in front of you. Just to get there and sit up the top is a proud moment , and every person gets lots of repspect if you send it down the face. Three of us got up there , our friend Mike absolutely had it down the face, Ben went in after and then I was strapping in to find my high back to my binding has lost its screw in the hike and I had to hike back out again! Gutting ! Oh well no rush i do have another 4 months out here ( heheheheh)
So that is us, we will keep more updated now, as things have calmed down a little.
Loads of love
benelu
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