Thursday, February 9, 2012

Juventas v Roma 24th January 2012

January 22, 2012

Tuesday 24th January 20.45 Juventus Stadium – Turin ¼ Final – Coppa Italia There is no love lost between the players, clubs or fans of Juventus and Roma. They have been bitter rivals for many years and there is always plenty of friction and atmosphere both on and off the pitch when these teams meet. [...]

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FIS at War

January 22, 2012

The FIS has been involved in numerous debates with top athletes of late, and the latest arguments have rocked the entire ski world. Slovenian skier Tina Maze caused controversy at the recent World Cup event in Bad Kleinkircheim, Austria with her underwear. The Swiss Ski Federation complained to the FIS about their belief that Maze’s [...]

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Grub at the Grotte gets thumbs up

January 21, 2012

The Grotte, or more accurately – La Grotte (a naturally formed cave), has just unveiled a new lunch menu, which I’ve just tried and was really impressed with- more so the French dude I took with me was fully impressed with the quality of the ingredients – and you know how fussy they are. The [...]

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Half Term Availability with Special Offer

January 20, 2012

I just had an email from Pippa at Snowgums, who still has availability for the mid-term week, the first time this has ever happened. So here is a special offer (please quote SerreChevalier.ORG when booking to get the discount): Snowgums still has some good availability for February, including mid-term week, in our beautifully renovated old [...]

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Death on L’Yret

January 20, 2012

Get this for a way to go. Yesterday a 47 year-old English woman came out to see her daughter who is working here for the season. This woman was a non-smoking anti-alcohol, very sporty type and was sitting next to her daughter as they made the ascent up Monetier’s L’Yret lift. On the ride up [...]

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Bare minimum to be called snowing in Serre Che

January 20, 2012

Well after some time it is “snowing” in Monetier again. A flurry, one might say, but honestly could do better. It’s quite warm so none of it is settling in the village – on the paths at least, but this will be thicker up the mountain. Of course as it’s snowing and a bit low [...]

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La Grotte Bar Restaurant

January 20, 2012

On Wednesday we sent our intrepid bromatolagist, Fergus, up to La Grotte to do a review of the bar and the restaurant at La Grotte. Personally I wouldn’t suggest that you take some bird you have just pulled up to the Grotte for  a candle lit dinner, but, for value for money skiing fuel and [...]

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Day trip to the Milky Way

January 19, 2012

The Milky Way or Vialattea is just down the road from Serre Chevalier and takes in four ski stations, one in France, three in Italy and offers 400km of pistes. It was a day out and the first time I’ve been that way, although you drive through it every time you go to Turin. A [...]

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Fully Inclusive Serre Chevalier Holiday

January 18, 2012

If you can come to Serre Chevalier on the 7th April (my Birthday oddly enough) and there s a big bunch of you, you could be in for a treat at Chalet Le Serre des Oiseaux . If this is something you can do, make your fully inclusive Serre Chevalier holiday enquiry here. Based on [...]

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Putting the boot in to Serrre Chevalier

January 17, 2012

As the God-father himself said, you gotta get on the good foot and this is especially true when deciding what to wear when visiting a winter holiday destination such as Serre Che. France is expensive, the shops, quite frankly, gouge you. It’s not that they want to, but things in France are the price they [...]

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