April 26, 2007

• Lin met us at Turin airport

  Lin met us at Turin airport having hung around for far too long as our flight was delayed, and she managed to not take a book.  She won’t do that again!  We made excellent time back to the Chalet and there were Chris and Chelsea sitting on the patio in the sun as we arrived.  Chris was feeding the birds and we were amazed to see a jay come so close, just for a whistle and a peanut.  The views from the Chalet were particularly captivating with the garden blending into the adjacent alpine meadows and stretching into the mountains and distant villages of Le Bez and Villeneuve.  After the full guided tour and much chatting we sat down to Chris’s scrummy and tasty fajitas for dinner, with wine of course – the perfect end to our first evening.

April 25, 2007

• A trip into Italy

  We were going to go to Val Thorens yesterday to meet up with some of the Snowheads but the Col du Galibier is still closed which meant the journey would have taken us 3 ½ hours so we abandoned the idea.    We have guests arriving tomorrow so had plenty to do anyway like housework, shopping and cutting grass, as I will be too busy over the next week for such menial tasks.  The two friends arriving are Pat, who I have known since our oldest children started school together, and Jenny who worked with me at the university.  Having husbands who either do not travel or only play golf, I suggested they come together, having met before through me on several occasions.  It’s Pat’s second holiday here, having visited 4 years ago but first time for Jenny although she does travel to the Swiss Alps every year with the family so is familiar with the mountains. (…)