In The Alps

Saturday morning we were up horrifyingly early (3am, urgh) to catch the first flight out to the Alps. This is our first trip to a ski resort (although only my dad and sister are skiing) and it's fair to say we haven't had the best of luck so far! A unseasonably mild start to the Winter means that there's no snow in the village (we are lucky that we have snow on the mountains, a lot of ski resorts here don't!), and in the first three days here I've had altitude sickness and my sister's broken her wrist in a freak accident on a magic carpet. So we haven't had the best of starts! However, other than that it's been pretty relaxed, the village here is absolutely stunning, the mountains are the perfect combination of snowy and sunny, and we lucked out with an amazing chalet and hosts.

So we are spending Christmas here (we fly home Saturday) and we are having our Christmas day on Sunday once we are back home! Our plans for the first Christmas day involve visiting the ice caves on top of the glacier, and maybe a touch of ice skating, whilst everyone else goes skiing. I've got my travel sickness bands so I'm feeling much better now, and my sister has a cast on her wrist but is soldiering on!

How have you spent the run up to Christmas?