Europe 2010 - 2011 Trip Plans/Thoughts/Reviews Thread
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indeed. Looking like a week in whistler to tick that off my list. Few days in Vegas then Europe for three weeks snow and two weeks sight seeing. Venice is just epic! Will spend 4 nights there next time.CarveMan said:Last edited by a moderator:
Well the Etihad A340 cabin looks decent enough, we have 2 window seats, which is good. Much better than last years disaster on Emirates.
Ahem. For the record, it is actually snowing in Morzine. Twice in one week even. No more rock shots tomorrow perhaps.
Woohoo!!!!!
Am currently in Abu Dhabi, so far so good with Etihad, overall a much better leg than on Emirates, slept most of the way.
A nice day coming while we potter around, have to pick up our skis from the shop that is mounting and tuning them, first day on snow and in new boots so we will just head to the Grands Montets and see what happens, then start with the guide tomorrow.
Last time we never got to GM in good weather so I will take the DSLR and hopefully get some good scenic shots.
Oh and I totally rate Etihad. It's hard to rave about Economy but everything was fine, nothing even remotely pissed us off, and one stop to Geneva then an hour in a van to Chamonix is great. It's still a mission, 26 hours door to door!
Good to hear Carve. We fly to Paris with them in 3 weeks. Are the seats all configured in sets of 2? Also, I'm interested in what the food is like. What do they dish up?
Arrangement was 2-4-2.
There were 3 choices of food for the main meal, lamb, chicken & vego, hot or continental breakfast and good snacks.
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That's the configuration on an emirates 777. He was talking about an A340 which was 2-4-2. Emirates also do 2-4-2 on their A340's.
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A couple of scenics from day 1 - I will post properly once we've had some good skiing and something worthy of reporting.
http://aussieskier.com/index.php/2011/02/tr-chamonix-day-1-les-grands-montets/
Oh, and it's snowing!Last edited by a moderator:
I am home tomorrow and will be planning and hopefully booking my spring return trip to Paris.....2 weeks of that delightful place again.
Just need to get airlines etc worked and off I go.
epic snow in the haute maurienne region of france. it's been snowing for almost two days and although there's been very limited visibility up high, the rewards of perfect light dry powder are there to be found a bit lower in the gullies and forests .... and the good news is that snow has been forecast till at least wednesday with sunshine after that.
Brilliant snow in Cham this morning, got some vid but it's HD and my poor little netbook is choking on it, hopefully I will have it up on Youtube by morning Australia time.
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rpmjunky said:
i'm further south in france, on the italian border. http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&client=safari&rls=en&q=lanslebourg&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl
been snowing here for two days and doesn't look like stopping for at least another few.Last edited by a moderator:
I'm heading in that direction on Fri/Sat/Sun, not sure exactly where, will find our more tomorrow.
Fun tour today in the Aiguilles Rouges: http://aussieskier.com/index.php/2011/03/tr-chamonix-day-4-ski-tour-crochuesberard/
Stunning snow - unfortunately no action shots but a great video that I'm having YouTube issues with, will rectify ASAP.Last edited by a moderator:
This is infuriating. Even google had time to index it:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=tr+chamonix+berard+crochuesLast edited by a moderator:
This is the one I meant to post......... Didn't feel too good after eating this....but it was sooooooooooooo good!! Took me quite a while to actually finish eating it, as I had to have a break every now and then to manage to continue eating...
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Okay clearly with my posting resuming I am home again.....
All I can say is Europe was sensational, I think I said that before actually!
Definitely back again in 2012, and trying to get a week in Japan or USA/Canada in beforehand, but that's a pain in the arse with flights, so looking like perhaps "just another Europe trip"
Will be spending more time in Singapore to thaw out on the way back, also revisiting London, Rome & Venice as we only had 3 nights in London & Rome and 2 in Venice and it was VERY rushed, but was good to get a feel for the city.
Last thought for now, I was VERY surprised about how cheaply we ate in most places, food is quite cheap I must say.
Trip report - WILL come, so Triple b, marko, main street and others! go away
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OK blog is fixed: http://aussieskier.com/index.php/2011/03/tr-chamonix-day-4-ski-tour-crochuesberard/Last edited by a moderator:
