Half Term

No post for a little while and this is mainly due to the man-made disaster that is half term week. Just under 120 people descended on the resort for this phenomenon. And during this week people switch almost everything off, reason, calmness, tolerance to name just three.

They then refuse to occupy certain rooms because last time they were here they thought they were haunted. The room not the person... at least I think. One complained that the room was too small, although it is the size he booked, unless of course he had to fit the ghost in.

This week I have had ruptured ligaments, a trip to the hospital with a stiff neck and to the medical centre with a cut to the head. And before you even think to start worrying this is not me but the occupants of the hotel.

From the airport was a nightmare with people complaining they weren't on the same bus as their family, there were 18 of them, not sat together on the plane and not sat together at dinner, although this complaint was before they had even gone in for dinner so unless they were clairvoyants I think it might have been a guess. Also a complaint that they had put the non-skiers at the back of the hotel so they couldn't look out of the window at the skiers. Unfortunately the hotel staff are NOT clairvoyant so were not able to tell the skiers from the non-skiers just by the booking reference. Please relax you are on holiday, smile, not everything goes completely right but none of it is fatal.

One of the ski instructors said that people go on holiday determined not to enjoy it.

It has turned very cold here, with wind chill of -20 at times and very windy, hence the wind chill I suppose, although I am no meteorologist. But skiing is still good.

Shelley comes out here this week with her niece and I have told the hotel staff that we will go out drinking on one night. Should be fun.

The Assistant Manager had an unusual request though, the mother of one of the staff had brought some Salt and Vinegar crisps from New Zealand and now he is hooked, so he asked if I could get some brought over. Apparently he has tried to obtain this delicacy in Austria, Italy and Germany. So Shelley may tip the scales to overweight with Salt and Vinegar crisps.

Strange but true, which brings us back to the haunted room...