A mountain ski field that was only an hour away was Chamrousse, and I couldn't believe how set up French ski fields are! It's like a little village, complete with many shops, a post office, a bank, and lots of apartments to rent over the ski season!
We had a friend with a car which was lucky, so we all went up together. It was a very windy hill up, I forgot how sick you can feel after being on a windy road for a while - I guess not being in a car for a few months does that to you!
It was very cold at the top, and we decided to go for a walk to the ski field itself to see a real French ski resort! The snow was the deepest I have ever seen, I went to walk a bit off the main road and as you can see was caught a bit by surprise!
Knee length at least! Apparently it was one of the smaller of the ski fields of the area, but I thought it looked pretty big!
Even though we just thought we'd go for a look, we saw a toboggan rental shop and of course we had to give it a go!
There was a beginners slope nearby with a 'magic carpet' like thing that took you up, so we made our way up with our toboggans..
The hill was steeper than we thought! I ended up screaming all the way down (almost) into a woman who just watched as I screamed towards her, luckily just sliding over the back of her skis!
And then the sun came out.. It was a perfect day for being on the mountains (and not studying!)
There were only 2 toboggans and 5 of us, which meant a lot of waiting while two people went down and then back up on the magic carpet, so we had the innovative idea of going down 2 at a time on each one!
It was good in theory, but seeing as they were built for just one child.. They only sort of worked!
But still great fun!
We were only up there for a couple of hours, because of other commitments, but I'm so pleased that I got to go and see the French Alps, it was a great experience!
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