Sciare - The Alpine Way

Sciare (Ski) day started with a trek up through the old village to the car (obvi no parking inside the town) where we got breakfast- the pan au chocolate here is the pastry of choice. And then we headed to the slopes of Mongenevre. I was a little nervous at first having zero cell phone reception or knowledge of French, but we stayed together the whole time and it was great! It was a different type of resort than in the US- it covered several mountaintops, really more than you could count, and was so large! Otherwise differences- the lift ticket was like €50, way more skiers than snowboarders, way less concept of personal space, no real ski parks, and at the top of this mountain was a lift that I had to personally sit on, that dragged us up one at a time. It brought me back to my learning-to-ski days and I was definitely afraid but it was actually quite fun! There was some fresh powder and more ice as the day went on, but I am more comfortable on a groomed trail, so boring I know, and there were lots of those trails too. We skied pretty much the whole day with a long lunch break where I lost my ski legs, so we headed out around 4. Livia and Gaia grew up skiing the Alps so they were like fish in water here, and loving it so much! Singing and dancing as they headed down the mountain. 








This was one of the italians at the summit taking a smoke break - I asked him to take a pic of us and he started with a selfie :)


The aprés ski was lovely, I got a bombardino, which is an egg nog type drink called vov mixed with Marsala and then I had coffee added to mine with whipped cream on top- it was lovely!

Apres ski - Bombardinos!

After skiing we were all pretty tired so headed back to the apartment and ate dinner at a lovely creperie downstairs. We had a sampler of 3 crepes, different than I have ever had, apparently they use buckwheat flour, so they had more of a wheat flavor. We had a sampler of honey, chocolate, and salted caramel mini crepes for dessert and headed up for the evening! 

The creperie

Medieval clock tower



The doors here are amazing!  And everyone uses the shutters on the windows



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