Snowboarding en Suissa!

Last thursday I left Madrid and went to Verbier in Switzerland for a shortski! I arrived at Geneva airport at 2PM where I met Jef and Kristof. They took me to Les Colonnes, where the Geerts'chalet is located. Mick, Marnik, Filip, Jef, kristof and me arrived in the afternoon... so we decided to prepare pizza's and have a long welcome drink! We played some games of poker and afterwards we went 'boenking' in the snow... this means climbing up the pistes in any direction until you can't walk anymore and then roll down! Strange, yes... Fun, definitly! Around 2AM Steve, Jeff and Nick arrived in snowland... we did another welcome drink for them and went to bed a little later.

Friday the 9th of march we all stood up early and left for a first skitrip! The sky was blue, the snow very good... Great feeling! In the afternoon we went back to the chalet because the 10th and most important person was arriving, The owner, El Padre or just Papamickske! After his arrival we all went skiing again until the pistes closed and after we chilled a bit... Sauna, diner, etc.

Saturday the 10th of march we did an enormous trip from Les Colonnes to Verbier, passing the whole '4 Vallées'. It was exhausting but rewarding, we did around 60 km of pistes I think... again with great weather and great snow! However in Verbier it was clouded for a moment... At 4.30PM we decided to go to Tippy-bar to start 'Après-skiing'... and later on we went to Marion to prolonge the 'Après-skiing'... you probably know what happens next?! Funny pictures, Phonecalls to the fathers to ask for a round on their expense, friendly being asked to leave the bar and some bad skiing afterwards... the moment we got home we all had something in common, a red nose and an empty stomach! So we started preparing 'Stoofvlees met frieten', after this great meal my lights went out...

Sunday. The last day already! Again we had great weather and good snow ( I Like! ), 2 reasons why we had another terrific day! The evening started quietly, but after the raclette some people thaught it was necessary to finish the bottles of wine we bought before... the most comical scene I must say!

Monday early in the morning Mick drove me to Sion where I took the train in the direction of Geneva... driving along the lake, which is lovely by the way, I recollected my memories of the shortski and decided it was a vacation to remember (thanks Mick & Family) !

Pic 1: View from the terrace of the chalet

Pic 2: Marnik, Nick, Kristof, Steve, Papamick, Jeff & Thomas

Pic 3: Filip, Jef & kristof

Pic 4: Après-ski Thomas, Marnik, Jef, Filip & Jeff

Pic 5: Jeff & Thomas ( Programmamakers Sneeuwvis)

Pic 6: Steve, Kris, Mick, Jef, Kristof, Filip, Jeff, Nick & Marnik

Pic 7: Thomas, Steve & Marnik

Pic 8: The Chalet @ Les Colonnes