Michael bought a round of Génépi shots: warming and good after the meat fondue. http://bit.ly/yCxQDE Great!
Archive for January 2012
Stopped for vin Chaud at the Pi Mai hut: three out the five of us have had wee falls—well it is day one.
- Feeling a little delicate after the conference dinner last night. Also amazed that today's sessions started on time. #
- For the guest room? Zombie Bed Sheets http://t.co/Ga1j1gjN #
- Coriolanus at the Watershed—expecting lots of blood! http://t.co/2ZN4kHwI #
- I just became champion of The Llandoger Trow, Bristol: http://t.co/ArbQ0i4v #
- Our cat likes dressing up. http://t.co/Qh9KcZlA #
- Graphene Oxide films for concentrating alcohol. Amazing behaviour. http://t.co/lPAxDkMV #
- The bus service in Bristol is great (on the bus now): This irritating Thatcher quote turns out to be false! http://t.co/ukgvZf0t #
- Train delayed by 45 mins at Swindon. Not a great start to our travel. #
- Swindon: been here 90 mins too long and that's far too long! http://t.co/fIgrgpBH #
- Thank goodness for eTickets: on the coach to Victoria after giving up on the train. National Express mobile web site was good. #
- Another queue? Ryanair to Turin. http://t.co/cZZGKjna #
- In Turin (airport) #
- All settled in to our Chalet: next ski hire and some food shopping. http://t.co/DutbP84V #
- Adam's turning into Robo-skier. http://t.co/5qU1iCr2 #
- I just became champion of Crèperie Le Kawa, Le Monêtier les Bains: http://t.co/eNCom4mr #
- Good vin chaud at l'Alpen http://t.co/JHVZWprA #
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Good vin chaud at l’Alpen
Adam’s turning into Robo-skier.
All settled in to our Chalet: next ski hire and some food shopping.
Turin airport was packed at baggage reclaim. There must have been ten or so flights in there. I’m wondering how busy the resorts will be or whether Sunday is a busier day to arrive than the Saturday when we came before?
Our baggage carousel was next to the ‘oversized items’ collection point that was overwhelmed with people collecting skis and boards. When the belt stopped, they overflowed over the belt until, inevitably, it started again! No drama though.
We’re in our way to Serre Chevalier now, with Adam, Vit and Jay. I managed to resist taking a photo of the three of them asleep in a row during the flight.
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Another queue? Ryanair to Turin.
We’re staying at the Stansted Radisson tonight, and our bad day got worse.
I sent back their two attempts at a dry gin martini: the first was rather watery and not dry, the second was warm and they seem to have forgotten the gin! I moved on to wine as a safer bet, but what was in my glass was Pinot Grigio, not Sauvingnon Blanc. A trip to the bar to finally, on my fourth attempt, get a drink I was happy with. Phew. It was a decent Chilean Sauvignon too.
Then Michael’s Tofu Caesar Salad was brought to the table: it was a cross between a Caesar Salad and coleslaw: limp and wet with a fishy tang. Gggrrrr!
The duty manager gave us a complimentary meal.
On the plus side the staff were nice, chiabatta was great and the lemon verbena body lotion in the room is fantastic: probably good enough to eat!
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We’re four hours late en route to Stansted. We’ve pretty much lost our relaxing evening in the hotel leisure centre. We’ll need to make up for the train delays with a big cocktail and ambitious dinner. Let’s hope the airport hotel has a good stock of gin!
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