So I guess we can say that we are proper seasonaires now! We have now been here for ten weeks – which seems amazing. In that time we have had sun, rain, wind and of course snow. The time has gone quickly and has been highly enjoyable: and our lives back in the UK seem far away but not forgotten.
Whilst we have had a wonderful letter from our tenant saying how she was enjoying Thatch Cottage, and was taking good care of it for us, our life is now already moving from skiing to further afield as we have booked our flights to India on 17 May. Life is now definitely in travel mode.
But why are we seasonaires? Because we seem to have got into a life of skiing, mixed in with meals in and out, and have made plenty of friends locally. We seem to have found a life as the “oldest seasonaires in town” and welcomed into the world of the local bars, the chalet guys and girls and liftees.
Anyone who has been out here will have been introduced to Beanies – a local bar on “English Alley” where the young British seasonaires gather to share a beer and talk about where they went riding that day (apparently that means where they went snowboarding). We seem to be going native as we now have beards and are in with this young crowd – although we seem to wash more and smell sweeter! The staff there are all great and want to take us to the late night Café Chaud on a drum’n’bass night, but we haven’t managed that yet….
Life has also involved skiing with a range of locals and seasonaires, some of whom have hot tubs and saunas for us to relax in. We have learnt to eat vegan food and found a cleaner who is apparently a “dude”. All in all we seem to have ingratiated ourselves with the Morzine and Les Gets crowds.
As of 12 February, we have now skied on 37 days. This has ranged from just a quick couple of hours to full days; and from taking beginners round Les Gets to hitting 50mph on our favourite run in Chatel. We are quite ski fit and are happy with our mogul skiing and how far we can go without stopping. All in all we are definitely seasonaires now.
