Still day 1 - still take off
7 mars 2025, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Almost everytime we leave for this trip it's a gorgeous day😂
Heading for the airport soon - using the trusty Gautrain bus system, our bubble of Europe 😉
The bubble of Europe continues
7 mars 2025, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We often don't get to use the bus and train system in South Africa - this works much better than I thought it would 😂 seamlessly walked onto a bus, tapped my phone, off the bus and into theEn savoir plus
Now the fun begins!!
7 mars 2025, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
After multiple attempts at a decent photo where we were all looking, we finally got a presentable one 😂
Most people think you need helmets for the snowboarding, but it's really for when you've hadEn savoir plus
Locked and loaded
7 mars 2025, Afrique du Sud ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Finally seated in our buckets with seatbelts (yes Charlie and Hayley, there are seats this far back in the plane!)
Good news is if we go down - we've got helmets 🪖
Day 1 - take off - ground zero
7 mars 2025, Afrique du Sud ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
This might not be as perfect as Charlie's documentation of his trip - but we're giving it a go.
As usual, morning of the flight and bags are being packed (I can think of a few people that would beEn savoir plus
Layover time 🙂
8 mars 2025, France ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
We have touch down!
Even with a plastic tray for a plate and wooden cutlery, that was the best airline food I've ever had.
I may not have gotten a Charcuterie board but the small brie triangleEn savoir plus
The wheels on the bus!
8 mars 2025, Suisse ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
And the bus trip begins, onwards to France we go!
From a flying bus to a bus...bus (I probably could've had a better joke there)
Although it's another 2 hours to drive back to France......justEn savoir plus
Settled in!
8 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Okay, bus trip complete, keys acquired and room located!
I take back everything I said about the bus, for some reason they gave us a driver who could honestly rival Pierre Gasly (also French), everyEn savoir plus
Coffe with a view
9 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
There are two was to start the morning, either with a coffee or the wrong way.
Excuse the hair, it will be in a helmet all day anyway and I needed the extra warmth
Hot choccy stop!
9 mars 2025, Suisse ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
I don't even want to repeat what these hot chocolates cost when you come from the land of biltong but they do taste better when you're above 1800m!
Cheers Charlie!!!
9 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Day 1 of boarding comes to an end, very successful day on the slopes - no one was hurt, new boots and bindings work like a charm and now I have a beer in hand!
Some moron also gave me the middleEn savoir plus
Day 2 Déjà vu
10 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Little bit of a late start, who would've thought we would be tired after a day of so boarding 😂 but we go again!
I haven't woken up this stiff in quite some time, need to do some morningEn savoir plus
Day 2 winding down
10 mars 2025 ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Another successful day on the mountain 😁
Made our way over to the Swiss side of things, and over the Swiss wall, an extremely steep and very "mogully" slope that we decided may not be a good ideaEn savoir plus
Decided to ramp it up again!
10 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Went for another 2 hour shift, but I didn't take any photos!!
It's okay though, instead you can enjoy an entire album of the hot chocolate my brother made while we were out, with a sneak peak of myEn savoir plus
Wayyy too many 🍺
10 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
The day comes to an end!
Just a few beers, pizzas and pics!!
Tomorrow's day is planned - all the way down to where the drinks will start, the most important part, maybe I'll have a gin or two 😉😂
Another day another dollar
11 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Although my head has definitely felt better, I don't think I'll ever get tired of a coffee on this balcony ☕
Left one very important photo out of last night's post, someone has hidden away two LegoEn savoir plus
Half way choccy stop
11 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Made our way over to a specific spot that has the cheapest hot chocolates we've found on previous trips. Only thing is that it's a 2 hour snowboarding and lift maze to get here 😂
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12 mars 2025, France ⋅ 🌫 -1 °C
Now it's just tea with no view!
We were planning on taking a bit of a break day today and slowing things down - the mountain had the same idea 😂 woke up this morning feeling like we had set sailEn savoir plus
Quick update
12 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Usually we would be out on the mountain so I'm quite board - good news is now you get more updates 😁
P.s - took the video and did not watch it to see if it was a goodie, you're welcome
Tested the weather ☁️
12 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Decided we wouldn't know what it's like to snowboard in this weather if we didn't try - I can confirm that our suspicions were correct 😂
But I seem to remember some young Emirates pilot sayingEn savoir plus
The usual!
12 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ -2 °C
Back at the same dinner spot smashing our faces with another pizza!!
Got back from our short outing and had some more hot chocolate (of course we did), followed by Limon cello (2nd best to ginEn savoir plus
POWDER DAY!!!!!!!☃️❄️🏂
13 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
Woke up this morning and still couldn't see a thing outside but it was no longer break day, so we had to brave this new world, and my god am I glad we did 🤩
The snow was insane!!! Honestly theEn savoir plus
Powder day left over videos
13 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
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Some evening pics 📷
13 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C
After our day of snowboarding there were a few moments of "wow, can't actually believe this exists"
Thought it would be worthwhile sharing 🙂
I would've looked like a crazy person filming the hugeEn savoir plus
Goooood mooorrning Avoriaaazz!!!
14 mars 2025, France ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C
Last day on the mountain and this has been an incredible trip, but it's not over yet!
I'll see you all later again, hopefully I remember to take some pics!