Opening day for the season was on Saturday... it was an incredible powder filled day. Not a bad 3rd day of work here in France!! The French people have all been very welcoming and friendly - especially those patrollers that have done the exchange before... being that they know exactly how hard it is to come here and not understand 90% of what is being said. Even though I feel like I've learned a good bit of French in the past few months of studying - nothing could have prepared me for how quickly they speak and link words together... It's slowly getting better but I definitely come home from work everyday mentally exhausted from simply trying to comprehend what they're talking about! Definitely thankful for the few that are willing to speak english with me and explain what the boss just told me to do ;)
It's quite different here with no ropes and few rules. Despite opening with only 4 official pistes (trails) - the entire mountain is open for people to ski - albeit at their own risk. With no ropes you can just drop off the side of a trail and ski powder down to the next maintained piste... so different - and so fun!
We've been bad and haven't brought the camera with us the past few days. We'll be better I swear!
Today is my first day off and it's been nice to sleep in, relax, and get caught up on everything. Just found out though that I have to work on my Sunday (tomorrow). Merde!
Did we mention that our cheese bellies are quickly growing!!
