
Hello! Happy New Year! .............Achooo!.............. I've got a stinking cold, but so much to show you............. ACHOO !!! ................... That I've just got to get on with showing you what Hugo and I were doing over Christmas........... Our marvelous, fantastic White Christmas, spent in France ................ SKIING!

My Mum and Dad were unbelievably, extraordinarily generous............ and treated the family to a skiing holiday! Yes, you heard right........... a SKIING holiday! So Hugo and I had the most wonderful, memorable Christmas, skiing with my Mum and Dad, my sister and her Husband, and my lovely Niece and Nephew came too. Not only were we treated to a skiing holiday, it was a top-notch skiing holiday. The hotel was a fabulous Chalet, with beautifully decorated rooms, opening on to balconies with extraordinary views, and the food was consistently delicious................ There was a spa! Every day, after skiing on perfect deep snow, in blazing sunshine, we eased our aching limbs in the Jacuzzi, Steam Room and Sauna................ Followed by tea and cake, followed by a five course meal! And the child care for my Niece and Nephew was unsurpassed............ they had an absolute ball.................

We went with
Esprit holidays, to their
Belle Plagne resort, in France, I'd recommend this company, especially if you're looking for superb child care while you go off skiing...................

THIS was the view from our room! Imagine opening the curtains of your bedroom each morning to reveal the white slopes you're going to ski down after breakfast! We didn't have to imagine it.......... it wasn't a dream........... it was reality!

................Our very own view of the slopes..............

.......... Wow .....................

........ Woo hoo!.................

.........This really was a perfect Christmas............... Family, snow, skiing, comfort............ We know just how fortunate we are to have been given this ...................................... Achoo!.............. I'll show you some more photographs........... Achoo............. Another time............. I had some fun taking more photographs than these, and I'd really like to let you have a look...........
Till then, cheerio............. And happy New Year!
That is stunning. You lucky person, you! The perfect christmassy backdrop, too.
Posted by: Heather | January 01, 2009 at 03:44 PM
wow- what a lovely holiday-we too were lucky enough to be taken on holiday by my parents, what lucky girls we are!
Posted by: Anna | January 01, 2009 at 04:39 PM
WOW.... That is so beautiful!
Posted by: susand | January 01, 2009 at 11:33 PM
happy new year Vanessa, hope you are feeling better soon. xxx your Christmas looks idyllic.
Posted by: driftwood | January 02, 2009 at 10:55 AM
Amazing!
I LOVE that first photo.
I hope you feel better soon...
Posted by: Martha | January 02, 2009 at 12:48 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR ...
WHAT A LOVELY LOCATION ...
THE IMAGES ARE LOVELY ...
KEEP SKI~ING {:>)))
Posted by: RI | January 02, 2009 at 03:56 PM
Oh wow, that's a gorgeous view you had out your window! I hope you feel better soon!
Posted by: Casey | January 02, 2009 at 04:55 PM
How fabulous - what an enchanting way to spend Christmas.
Posted by: Alice C | January 02, 2009 at 06:09 PM
Wow, Vanessa what a beautiful veiw to wake up to every morning well worth getting a cold for, bets waking up to dull grey skies! Happy New Year to you and Hugo and welcome back.
Posted by: Marisa | January 04, 2009 at 11:26 AM