Christmas and New Year in the Alps

Well thats that then....another festive preiod over and back into the slightly more relaxing times of January. Many of the holiday visitors have left or are leaving today and we will be left with the stragglers who often get a really good few days. The hills are quieter, workers are more relaxed and the season fells like its started properly.
I feel sorry for the new staff at this time of year, thrown in at the deep end doesn't really cover it when two of the busiest weeks of the season happn just as you arrive. The festive time really need to happen in March when everybody know how it all works.
I am going to Chamonix today for a week teaching an off piste course the forecast is pretty good at least until the end of the week and I only have 5 guests so I am looking forward to it. I am letting the traffic die down before I leave Ste Foy and hopefully it only take a couple of hours to get there.
New year was fun in the Auberge and the attached picture might explain why!