We are now into the final weeks of our season. We have now finished our adventure of running Chalet Thalassa together and the last couple of weeks have involved getting the chalet cleaned and ready to hand back for the summer. Our last few groups of guests were great which is a nice way to finish the season.
Last week we went for a day trip to Evian with some friends of ours, also another Ant and Becky!!! It is just a little further along Lake Leman from Thonon. Another lovely little town to walk around, luckily it was a wonderful sunny day so the view across the lake whilst having a coffee was fantastic. I thought whilst we where there I had to pop into the Evian Masters Golf Club where they hold the Evian Masters Ladies European Tour event each year and what a fantastic place it is. Definitely made me very excited to get back on the golf course soon.
Last Monday we took some of the snow shoes from our chalet (like big tennis raquets on your feet!), drove up past the Nyon mountain where we lived last year and parked at Eringe. From here we walked up the Col de Cou. The first half was just on gravel and grass as the snow had melted already until we reached this wonderful lake.
Then from here we had to use the snow shoes because the paths were snowing and our walking shoes just kept sinking! It was a lovely sunny day so our view for having a picnic lunch was wonderful. We didn't see another sole for hours, an extremely peaceful day. The best bit was that we took our snow skate up with us, which is a skateboard without any trucks or wheels on and just some groves to ride in the snow. So we could ride this back down the mountain which was so much fun.
Sadly last weekend the Morzine/Les Gets pistes all closed for the season due to the warm weather, the snow had gone very quickly and it is a lot lower than the Avoriaz slopes. You haven't been able to ski down the Plenny now for several weeks and as we look at it right now out of our window there isn't a single bit of snow on it! So we have been skiing a lot in Avoriaz, Chatel and Switzerland. We had some very sunny days but on Friday the temperatures changed once again and a drizzle of rain all day in town meant a drizzle of snow all day on the slopes. So yesterday was fantastic for so late in the season. Only with a inch of snow falling just meant that the pistes were firm again and covered up a few bits on grass that were starting to poke through to give us a few more days of good conditions.
Not long now until we shall be packing up our car again and road tripping back to the uk. So for now bye and see you all soon!
Happy Easter!
