Mummy, Daddy and Granddad all took me away on a ski holiday to Claviere in Italy. It was great because Granddad was able to come with us at the last minute when Mummy managed to phone a hotel direct and get him somewhere to stay.
It was all very exciting with an aeroplane ride, a coach ride and then going to a nice hotel with lots of other children and grown-ups to play with.
I went into the Pepi-Penguin club for munchkins from 0830 to 1400 each day as they don't make skis and boots small enough for me yet. I played with lots of toys, had snacks and a lunch each day and even did some painting.
It was a lovely week but it was very cold with temperatures down well below minus 20 Celsius on some days. It never got above about minus 14 at all! On one afternoon Daddy and Granddad got very frozen on a high chair lift to Eagle Rock and when they got to the top it was so cold that their skis stuck to the snow and they couldn't move!! We all had to wear our very warmest clothes.
Mummy went into ski school and did very well, so she can come down pretty much any run now. She helped the children in her group deal with the cold as they found it very hard to last for 3 hours. Daddy and Graddad met Mummy most days after ski school and they all came to the hotel for lunch and to collect me from club.
There was fresh snow in the week so Daddy loved having a go in the powder snow, which is the best of the best skiing.
Granddad is a great skier and kept going all day long, even in the cold. I think he will still be skiing when he is 100!
The mountains looked amazing and the snow was soooo deep. It hung on the trees all week and it looked like a winter wonderland.
I was a little character and when I found my confidence I was tearing about in the lounge, where the adults and other children soon got to know me. I was very good at all but 2 mealtimes, when I got grumpy and bored. I ate with the grown-ups at 1930 which was a bit late for me. I was a bit of a night monkey and didn't want to go to bed most nights...it was much more fun jumping on Mummy and Daddy's bed.
I went out in the snow a few times, but not too much as it was so cold. I was a bit bewildered by it and wasn't sure what to do. I loved being towed in a little sled though.
Finally, Daddy was very pleased with his Fuji X10 camera, which still worked after being in his rucksack
at bitter temperatures all day. Daddy says he didn't have time to be too artistic and creative with his photos as it was hard to get any shots before his fingers froze!!
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| This is Granddad dressed to do battle with the cold! |
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| Mummy & Granddad on the bridge to our hotel, which is the grey building behind |
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| The view from our balcony |
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| Granddad on a red run at the Monte De La Luna |
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| Daddy loves this derelict old ski lift |
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| Black run down to near the hotel |
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| Claviere in late afternoon from the black run |
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| Daddy loves this tumbledown hut too |
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| Mummy's ski school |
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| Mummy getting her certificate from Fiore, her instructor |
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| Yes, it was that cold! |
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| That ski lift again |
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| Its very attractive at Monte De La Luna and that big mountain is 3300 metres (11000ft) high |
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| Here I am on my sled |
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| I got towed along over some bumps which were great |
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| Mummy made sure I was dressed to the nines as usual! |
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| I was well-known in the hotel by the end of the week as I loved running around the lounge |
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| This is me in our nice bedroom |
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| If there is something to monkey about with I will find it! Here its the TV remote control |
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| Daddy looking like an alien |
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| The ski school at awards time |
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| Snow and more snow! |
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| Snow grows on trees apparently |
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| Fun in the snow with M&D |
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| This is a bit like a sandy beach but colder |
