Packed up and off we headed to the French Alps. Got stopped at the Swiss border; had our passports vetted. Not too bad drive to the Val Thorens in the French Alps (2.5 hours long), we arrived at the resort but couldn’t check in to our apartment due to some dopey French woman saying “it is the rules” in an annoying French accent. So, after much debating with her, we left, got changed into our ski gear in a public toilet & went skiing for the afternoon.

Weather; extreme sunshine! Surprised our friends in the resort that didn’t know we were turning up, they were very shocked. Li got her skis taken by mistake outside a bar, so lots of phoning around to get hold of the Dutch women who can’t tell the difference between gold and bright green skis; more progress will be had with the skis tomorrow we hope.