After a weekend of luxurious gastronomic outings, I felt it was time to do some physical activity as well, to get rid of those extra kilos. The choice was obvious – drive up to Greolieres and meet up with Ollie, Rafa and Isa for a bit of skiing. Unfortunately, Mathilde had developed a bit of a cold, so decided not to join me.
The conditions were absolutely perfect for skiing; the snow was just right and the sky was blue. What more can one ask for? Unfortunately, the great weather meant that quite a few other people had also decided to go skiing on this particular day (the school holidays had started this weekend as well, which didn’t help). But after a fair bit of queuing for the ski gear and the ski lift ticket, I eventually managed to join the others, who had already hit the pistes. We headed straight up to the highest point in Greolieres, on top of the Cheiron summit. After a long-ish photo session with Ollie and Isa (Olivier is even worse when it comes to taking photos than me – especially with his new Sonic SLR toy), it was finally time to do a bit of skiing. Emmanuel (Ollie’s brother) and another childhood mate of Ollie’s also joined us at this point. What followed were a great couple of hours of skiing – as I said earlier, the conditions were absolutely brilliant. I even survived a couple of black runs… And the queues at the ski lifts weren’t that bad in the end… 
After a typically light lunch (beer and tartiflette – ah how I like Savoyard cuisine…), we continued skiing in the afternoon, starting with another photo session, this time with Emmanuel’s kids. After a few more great runs, it was time to call it a day, unfortunately (after the mandatory vin chaud, of course). All in all, we’d had a really great day. Greolieres didn’t disappoint. It may not have quite the same variety of runs as Auron or Isola 2000 (and those damn T-bar ski lifts really give me a sore a**). But for a day of skiing it’s more than enough for an enthusiastic amateur such as myself – and it’s very accessible from Cagnes-sur-Mer. Great fun to meet a few authentic Greo locals as well…After a brief stop at the Most Beautiful Village in France, Greolieres (honest Ollie, I’m not writing this for your benefit at all…) to pick up some luggage, it was time to drive the Parisians (you know who you are :-) ) down to the airport. And that brought an end to a great, sunny, action-filled Sunday…
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2 comments:
Teemu, thanks for this great post. It almost sounds like one of those reviews you find in commercial brochures!.. And by the sound of it, you're getting to like Greolieres, which can only be a good thing. ;-)
It is not a "Sonic SLR Toy" but a Sony SLR professional camera!... ;-) I'll keep you posted as soon as I have processed my pictures (quiet a fair bit actually). BTW, your pictures are really good. I especially like the one where I can see my back! I think we should share more our work. See you on flickr... ;-)
Ollie
Why thanks for your comment. Who wouldn't like Greolieres - it's the most beautiful village in the world, right? :-)
Thanks for your nice compliments, as always... Hopefully my photography will improve after the short lessons in Paris last weekend (although not sure I retained it all, given all the beer consumed...)
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