Monday, March 13, 2006

The one-piece on tour....

The GrandMaster shrugged off the cape and mask for a week and donned the one-piece. And where better to take the one-piece than the French Alps. Morzine to be exact, just an hour drive from Geneva, but on the French side of the Alps. And what a week it was.

The chalet we had booked was quite superb, this is not a bad pic (which I couldn't add here, so have posted it separately above as a teaser - check it out). It was a tough life coming back from a day on the slopes, jumping straight into the outdoor spa, waiting to be called for our three-course banquet. Of course, someone's got to do it!

Now we had to build up a hunger for these three-course meals and we certainly did this on the slopes. Most of the crew were out on snowboards, but when wearing a one-piece, you must do as the one-pieces do. And that means ski.

We had absolutely amazing snow - the stuff over here is so powdery. And we certainly had a lot of it - the couple who ran our chalet said it was the best snow they had seen in the 5 or so years they had been there. I don't know if I will ever enjoy NZ slopes again.

Incredibly though, the one-piece didn't stick out as much as you would think - but then again, there is no accounting for the tastes of those europeans. Here are a couple of choice pics of the one-piece in action....
















Of course, when looking so stylish, it is always easy to make new friends on the slopes. We even managed to get this frosty friend back to the pad, but unfortunately he lost his head....










For some more pics, click here.

5 comments:

Stu as "Stu" said...

Looks great. Hope the Biere de Garde's were musty enough for you.

Stu as "Stu" said...

That's a bit nerdy - you approvng our posts before they show up. Hope you're correcting the spelling mistakes and puncuation errors too...

Sam Possenniskie said...

True, I think it was a default setting. I change it right now and you can post comments to your heart's content!

See the little orange roughy tomorrow and then catching up with Andy on Sunday - a good weekend...

Sam Possenniskie said...

Biere de Garde's - I did have 2 or 3, some good some not so good.

you should have seen the stockpile of "kronnies" the others collected, disappointing - though i did manage to wean them on to the grimbergens by the end of the week

The McNamees said...

Orange Roughy as in the Moen - haven't seen the likes of that in these waters since our wedding!