We’re pretty much staffless now. The only people kicking around are us office staff and the hotel managers, all of whom head home on Monday. The chalet staff, chefs, kitchen workers, child carers, ski guides and everyone else have all made their way back to the UK. Oh, one exception – James, the assistant manager [...]

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When travelling, one of the pitfalls is sending mail back to the UK. Some organisations just won’t accept an email, or even a fax. I’ve had to resort to emailing things to my parents or friends and asking them to kindly print stuff out and mail it for me. Do-able, but not ideal especially if [...]

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Not one by me (yet!), but one that will benefit the Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation. Rather than just direct you over to Mike’s Blog post about it, I’ll repeat the details here: Quotations for Positive People is a collection of inspiring quotes that has been compiled by Larry Welch – and he’s offered to donate [...]

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An update to another past part of my travels. When I was in Jerusalem, I posted about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and how it is shared by several denominations of the Christian church. And how they don’t like each other very much. And how there have been fights in the past. Well, it [...]

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OK, not quite, but Chamonix is definitely becoming much, much quieter now the majority of the season is over. The lifts at Brévent are still open, but I believe they close this weekend. Walking down the street it’s amazing to think that only a week ago I saw some traditional dance outside L’M and a [...]

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By far and away the most popular page I’ve had on the blog is the one regarding my climb up Fansipan in Vietnam. I get a ton of comments on it, all asking the same questions. Hopefully this post will answer a lot of them to save me being asked them over and over! If [...]

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Image via WikipediaBig night out, this one. Sunday saw our last guests being escorted to Geneva and dispatched homeward-bound. About 2/3 of the resorts are still operational for one more week, but Chamonix has officially shut up shop. So what do you do when the resort closes, all the guests have gone and you have [...]

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We decided to do something different on my day off, and Leah has wanted to go to a spa in St Gervais. My boss, however, handed me some leaflets from a place over the hills (or through the Mont Blanc Tunnel) in Cormayeur. A bit of a traipse but actually easier to get to as [...]

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As detailed in the previous post, Leah arrived this week (actually, now last week) and we decided we’d do something more than laugh at her inability to stand upright on a plank of wood this time. As such, Friday saw us ascend the scarily high cable car up the Aiguille du Midi. This ain’t cheap, [...]

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Liam and John left the other day, a pair of very disappointed guests. Disappointed that they had to leave! Liam in particular was bemoaning how much he’d miss the scenery. We had a dusting of snow overnight and the trees this morning looked like they were caked in icing sugar. It’ll all be gone by [...]

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