All in one look...I Love you, I'm cold and I am very intense because I am the size of a supermarket chicken. 
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| cute teeth! |
Thursday, January 29, 2015
A lovely Dinner at The Cow Club.
It was so cold!!! about 0 degrees Fahrenheit. We decided to try The Cow Club.
http://www.cowclub.com/#_=_
We decided to have The Reblochonnade cheese with a charcuterie and beef to grill. The service was iffy but the food was great and we had a great time.
A bottle of white wine was consumed.
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| The beef to grill. |
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| The Charcuterie |
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| the Cheese |
Gendarmerie on The Slopes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gendarmerie
This is unusual to me. There were Gendarme on skis patrolling the slopes. In the US , it is Ski Patrol . I don't think any police patrol slopes in the US. S chatted up one while we were in line for the POMA...he had flowers on his ski pole basket. He told F.that he wished it had a cork and could hold wine...huh?
A Little Break.
We made a stop, mid mountain for some Vin Chaud...hot wine, tasted like hot cherry pie!)The girl behind the counter was American, from New Jersey and Oakland! She lives in Isola in the winter. It was an interesting coincidence. I was speaking French and the man that ran the concession could hear my American accent and so asked me about where I was from.It was so nice to sit and have something to eat and drink right on the slopes. 
S off trail.
| Let me be clear...S. anmd I have skied the same amount of time. We started as children, but he is a MUCh better skier than me. He has much less fear than me. I thought about this a lot and I think I am happy to just have the ski experience, the view, the feeling of flying, the cold, the beauty. I no longer need the danger, the steeps, the speed. I am happy to just be skiing but I am careful.  |
| Are you coming? ( no!) OK, meet me on the other side. |
The Conditions
Hard Packed with a little powder and a little ice...Vermont skiing! It was very grey and hard to see detail on the slope for me. Not too cold. 
The POMA lift!
I always forget how treacherous they are. In France, there are many poma lifts and not just at the bottom for beginners, but at the top and take dog legs instead of going straight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poma
invented in 1936.
I remember skiing in Quebec as a kid and being off the ground the entire ride up the mountain ( I had issues with T-bars as well)
Of course, I almost fell. The poma's are so tight that you have to hold on as it whips you up the mountain. I flubbed it, but did not fall...however I took a sharp slam to my elbow...
Je detest!
I prefer the chairlift. I met a nice boy that was about 8, skiing on his own, Hungarian, but living in Brighton England. He wanted to chat ( I think he was a little afraid and was in need of a motherly type ( me?) ) He was very self assured for an 8 year old. It reminded me of me except for the beautiful english accent.
To Isola with S and Zook
Tuesday morning, I met S and we drove to Isola in Mercantour Parc. It's very close to Nice, up a very dangerous and winding road. 90 k from Nice! and close to Italy. $37 US per day. Medium risk of avalanche.
http://winter.isola2000.com/
Late Afternoon Walk in Chateuneuf
On this map, see the # 2. This is right over the hill from S's house. You drive up a tiny one lane goat trail through olive trees to get to this populated place. It was packed with people, kids, dogs, so we decided to go on another hill and sat in the sun for awhile. It was a little cold but beautiful in the sun. 
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| The abandoned village on top. |
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| the view down to the sea. |
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| the view north to the mountains. |
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