If you’ve never been skiing or even if you have but never where you have yourself and kids to think about working out what you actually need and what to pack can be daunting. I admit that this time we probably took a little too many clothes for apres-ski I think it’s because both me…
I don’t remember learning to ski, I just know that I could from when I can first remember doing it – I was around 2 when I started and I learnt skiing within my Dad’s skis and outside the hotel on our first trip, with my mini ski’s which your normal boots attached to. I do,…
Throughout my childhood, we ventured skiing every winter. It was the highlight of those long dreary months. On most days the sun would shine and we would ski from when the lifts opened until they closed. Last year we took the kids skiing for the first time and it was a hit with both. The…
Before Christmas, I wrote about Making a White Christmas a reality for your kids and said that this year we would – well we did. We were very lucky and won a week’s ski trip to France to spend Christmas in one of the best ski areas in the Alps for families. The Paradiski area…
Skiing with kids as we discovered at Christmas time is a whole different experience than skiing with your parents or with a group of friends. Finding a resort that will meet the needs of a family with young kids is extra important especially when you ski early in the season or late in the season. Les Menuires one…
Growing up, we alternated between La Plagne and Val Thorens for our family ski holidays. Both of these resorts being at high altitude, we knew that there was likely to be snow. At the time, we really didn’t mind which of the two we went to, as long as there were pistes to challenge us and Apres…
Ever since I was little I have been dreaming of a white Christmas. The words of the song going around my head and for close to 40 years I spent Christmas in the UK and I’m still dreaming despite predictions of snow at Christmas living in the South East it’s never happened. This year though…
Like most people, one of our goals this year is to spend more time as a family; not just time but real quality time doing meaningful activities that will connect and create those traditional childhood memories away from the screens of the modern world. I have my family travel bucket list in my head. It…