2011年10月25日星期二

And if you don't want to eat out every night,

And if you don't want to eat out every night, a trip to the local supermarket will reveal that the gap between French and British food shopping has narrowed considerably over the last few years.10. Because of global warming, there won't be much snowIt is true that global NIKE FREE TILBUD,warming was blamed for the bad winter of 06/07 in the European Alps. The bad winter that year was down to the weather, and not the climate. If you learn to ski properly, you will also learn to ski safely.3. I can't take a baby skiingNearly all ski resorts have excellent creche/nanny facilities. Skiing is dangerousAlthough skiing does involve traveling downhillNike Femme Free Run on planks of wood without any breaks, the vast majority of skiers who learn to ski with instructors and ski within their limits will have a happy lifetime of incident free skiing. Don't book via large tour operators - go directly to local estate agents or independent property suppliers.- Drive. That is why people come back from ski holidays with sun tans!4. It is a lot of hassle on a ski holidayIt doesn't have to be any hassle. If I don't enjoy the skiing, my holiday will be rubbishIf for any reason you don't get on with the skiing side of a skiing holiday, wintering in the Alps is still an excellent experience. Self catered ski accommodation is often excellent and doesn't cost very much per head. That is a fact about holidaying in the mountains in winter. I don't like mountain foodNowadays, eating out in ski resorts isn't all about cheese and ham (although there is plenty of that on offer for those who look forward to their annual fondue or raclette). How?- Go self catered. Plus many alpine resorts are very picturesque and so sightseeing and shopping aren't out of the question.6. Go to a smaller resort where you will find everything in resort (lift pass, ski hire etc) to be a lot cheaper.2. And sometimes it can be snowing. Most resorts have plenty of non skiing activities on offer such as dog sledding, snow shoeing, thermal springs, ice diving, para gliding. Where is the hassle in that?8. The rest is taken care of by the chalet hosts. Creches and kids' ski school usually have English speaking staff, and it is not unusual to find a number of British kids in classes during the school holidays. It is quite possible to take a family of beginners skiing and for it not to break the bank. Most resorts now sport a wide variety of restaurants - some with real cosmopolitan ambiance and menus. On a number of occasions I have seen people who have never skied before worry about things which just aren't true. Teaching your kids to ski at a young age is one of the greatest gifts you can give them!9. However, when the sun comes out in the mountains there is nothing like it. Global warming MAY start to affect European skiing over the next 50 years, but at the moment there is no real evidence that it has started.7. Alpine sunshine, clear blue skies and temperatures of -5 degrees can certainly feel a lot warmer than a UK winter day when the temperature might be 10 degrees. Plus, the skiing wasn't actually bad - it just wasn't as good as it could have been.The last few years have seen some of the best winters for skiing on record. - Try and avoid the main school holidays (Christmas, New Year, Half Term) if at all possible.- Keep an eye on when budget airlines release their flights and book early!- You don't need to go to the world's biggest ski area if you are beginners. The weather is cold and horrible when skiingWell, yes, the weather is usually cold. Yes accidents do sometimes happen, but more often than not ski related accidents are less to do with the actual skiing and more to do with amounts of alcohol consumed and not taking care on icy surfaces etc. My kids will have problems in French speaking creche/ski schoolsLike the point about ski instruction, things have changed a lot in the world of Alpine childcare. And for those people who worry about the cold/altitude etc, don't forget that babies are born in the mountains every year and they do OK!Hopefully the above will help to dispel the main worries of a nervous first time skier. You can also choose to squeeze more people in on sofa beds to bring the price down even more. You can opt for a catered chalet holiday where all you need to do is get yourself to the airport. Now there are many progressive English speaking ski schools and independent instructors, indeed there are many excellent British instructors working out in the Alps.5. With four people in a car, Nike Shox NZ Femme 4and if traveling to areas in the Northern Alps, driving is a very cost effective way of getting to a ski resort. If you are new to skiing, the whole idea of going on a ski holiday can be quite daunting. A skiing holiday has to be expensiveThings have changed in the world of skiing - no longer is it an elite sport for the rich. However, this was down mostly to lazy journalists not researching their facts properly. I won't understand what the ski instructor tells meGone are the days when your only choice of ski instructor would be a mustachioed instructor who's only English was "Bend ze Knees". So, here I expose the top 10 ski myths:1. You are picked up at the airport and taken to your chalet, they arrange your lift passes and ski hire, they cook for you, they clean for you and they take you to the slopes every day. And if you never try it, you might never know what you are missing!White-Peak Holidays has a range of self catered and catered ski chalets in Chatel, France.





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