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Keep reading to learn what we got into this month. On the week of January 4th, I took two of my five first-semester oral exams and Jalen began his second semester classes. The following week, I finished up my three remaining oral exams and started my second semester classes on January 18th. Because of the sanitary restrictions that France has in place to combat COVID , all of my oral exams and all of our classes this semester have taken place online. Jalen and I made time to have fun this month as well. On January 16th, it snowed all over France, including in our city, Reims! We both love winter weather and spent the whole day outside, walking in the snow and snapping pictures of our beautiful city. We also got to attend a thrifting event in Reims where all of the vintage clothes and accessories were priced per kilo. Jalen got a cool pair of eighties track pants and I got a few unique tops. It was nice to spend time together outside of our apartment doing something that we really enjoy! As always, if you have any questions or want to know more, leave us a comment down below! Your email address will not be published. The Francofile Welcome to the world of a French-loving, American couple. Random Article. A lightly snow-dusted street in Reims, France. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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Registration's totally free, of course, and makes snowHeads easier to use and to understand, gives better searching, filtering etc. When you register, you get our free weekly -ish snow report by email. It's rather good and not made up by tourist offices or people that love the tourist office and want to marry it either We don't share your email address with anyone and we never send out any of those cheesy 'message from our partners' emails either. Anyway, snowHeads really is MUCH better when you're logged in - not least because you get to post your own messages complaining about things that annoy you like perhaps this banner which, incidentally, disappears when you log in Username:- Password:. Or: Register to be a proper snow-head, all official-like! Prev topic :: Next topic. Poster: A snowHead. So, I've finally had to get on the Half Term Treadmill. By booking something early we've managed to get a few cubic metres for the four of us at what seems an ok price but I am curious about the drive to Tignes. I've heard a couple of horror stories but just how bad is the traffic likely to be? Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person. Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? Quote: just how bad is the traffic likely to be? The thread sarah has linked will be highly relevant! You need to Login to know who's really who. The traffic will be apocalyptic. Truly unbelievable. Expect near total grid-lock between Albertville and Bourg Saint Maurice. My record for the minute drive from Sainte Foy to Moutiers is 4. If possible avoid the roads into the valley between 12pm and 7pm and avoid the road out between 8am and 2pm. Even then, it could still be pretty bad. Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. Quote: My record for the minute drive from Sainte Foy to Moutiers is 4. People were out chatting, walking around, smoking. I almost expected to see people squatting down beside primus stoves, brewing up. It was just lovely to see all those people who wouldn't be competing for space on the slopes. They all seemed very cheerful. One English driver, seeing a British coach, asked the driver if the jam went right down to Bourg St Maurice. When the guy replied that it went right back to Albertville he just laughed. As far as I'm concerned, if you have to drive into the Tarentaise on a peak changeover day, if you can't up to the resort before about 11 am just leave it till the evening. You'll need to Register first of course. The new road through Albertville might help a bit with jams there. Then you can post your own questions or snow reports Drove from Dundee to Tignes last February. Got to Bourg st Maurice the night before we were due in Tignes, booked into the Hotel Petit st Bernard for the night,then drove up to Tignes the next morning. Arrived at the Chalet, rested and showered, at am. Only took about 40 minutes from Bourg st Maurice to Tignes le Breviers, road wasn't too busy at all. After all it is free. Backcountryboarder , you did well. There was a thread a year or so ago about the difficulty of booking hotels near to the slopes for those nights - need to book early, but it's the way to go. You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. Ski the Net with snowHeads. Quote: When being driven, in a coach, up the winding road to La Rosiere, for the first cheap week in January we passed traffic coming down the way gridlocked for miles and miles. So if the La Ros road is grid-locked, well None of it will help with the Bourg-Moutiers road anyway, which is pretty-much but not entirely unavoidable. And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. So, even worse than I thought. Fortunately the plans we had already made, tunnel approx 9pm Friday and then skiing until the end of the day on the final Saturday, means we should miss the worst of it. I did consider spending the morning in Bourg St Mourice to have breakfast and chill out a little as I think we will all be just too shredded to ski on the Saturday. I still expect the traffic to be heavy into Tignes but surely a lot of the traffic will have turned of further down the valley. Does that sound reasonable or am I making a mistake. Thanks for the comments Dean. So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much. Quote: I did consider spending the morning in Bourg St Mourice to have breakfast and chill out a little as I think we will all be just too shredded to ski on the Saturday. That's not a bad idea. You probably won't have access to your accommodation till around 4 pm? You're planning to drive all night, presumably? You'll be leaving Calais around 11 pm local time so the road up to Tignes will certainly be pretty busy by the time you arrive and the last bit to BSM pretty crowded too - breakfast might have to be a bit further north. When I'm driving overnight I'm desperate for 7 am to arrive, as the caffs aren't generally open properly till then. You could afford to take frequent and decent breaks on the way down overnight, which will make the journey much safer, as there's no point rushing only to spend hours and hours in BSM. Do you have a couple of drivers? Hope it all goes well. You know it makes sense. Also used a map not sat nav for obvious reasons to find small roads round some pinch points but be prepared to drive on relatively uncleared snowy roads. And for the return we have left the resort on the Friday at about Some friends leave the same time on the Sat. Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:. We or as my wife prefers 'I' totally messed up last half term I left Surrey at 5pm - got to tunnel entrance at 7pm - that's where it started to go wrong Took 90 minutes to get through the first ticket booths at the start of the tunnel. Arrived at hotel in Calais at midnight. Left Calais at 7am and got stuck in traffic everywhere: Reims, Troyes, Dijon and the A40 through the tunnels. Arrived in Les Gets at 8pm. On the way back we left Les Gets at 9am and got stuck in traffic everywhere: A40 through the tunnels, Dijon, Troyes and Reims. Drove in the worst conditions I have ever done between Reims and Calais. Heavy snow and 'normal' tyres meant even at 30mph the car was slipping and sliding. At this point my wife was saying never again and in future I should just go with my mates. Eventually got to the tunnel at 11pm and home at 1am. At this point my wife said we should alter our timings next time, so the overall holiday was enjoyable Next year I'm leaving home at 7pm having fed the kids and put them in their pyjamas first!!!! On the way back I'm leaving the resort at 5am. Also the car will have proper snow tyres and I'm buying flexiplus tickets so I can push to the front of the queue on the tunnel. Oh and I've also taken delivery of my telepeage thingy. What was the outcome of the drive or did I miss that bit? Might be worth updating the old thread with your findings on the drive at half term? We have to do this as I am a teacher! However we find getting into resort for about 9am and then getting changed into ski gear in car park works for us before heading off to enjoy an extra day on the slopes, getting into accomodation later that day! I thought that had been planned to try and alleviate some of the congestion bearing in mind the 'family' nature of La Ros. As I say, Apologies if that's incorrect. Chasseur , could be, can't say I've particularly noticed. Chasseur , Esprit have a lot of places in La Ros and they do Sundays which may give that Sunday bias but lots do Saturdays there as well. As I say it might be memory playing tricks. That said I thought I'd read it years ago from a comment from David Trax Vacs about the resort suggesting to operators that they provide easier transfers by opting to try and avoid the really heavy peaks on Saturday. Maybe he'll pop in at some point and clarify. Reading this thread only convinces me more that flying is the only option. It would take another revolution to shift the French from Saturday changeovers! You were unlucky to have such bad weather north of Reims but it does happen, and all these people who talk about resorts '8 hours drive from Calais' make you laugh, sometimes. I don't do half term but some family and friends are teachers with no choice. Though even for them, easter is almost invariably going to be a better bet. Snapzzz , so you are flying all the way to the resort? John This is spot on and pretty much what we did. As much as i would like a helicopter transfer i don't think my wallet will cope. Of course there is likely to be traffic hampering my transfer but at least it isn't proceeded by 12 hrs driving and screaming kids Gotta be the sweeter option. Snapzzz wrote: As much as i would like a helicopter transfer i don't think my wallet will cope. You obviously haven't driven much in France. A joy compared to Britain. I look forward to the drive, the thought of flying genuinely horrifies me with 3 kids. The kids quite like the journey to, we stop in a hotel and have a meal. Its a holiday not an endurance race. It's horses for courses. Whether you drive or fly it can be absolutely crap if you plan it wrong. I've driven a couple of times to France, although not to the larger resorts and got very close on Friday, and it's been OK. The last 2 years though I've flown to Zurich and transferred by train to swiss resorts and it's been a dream. Personally I wouldn't drive again for a week, at half term or other times, but I always drive at Easter when I go for longer. Snapzzz wrote: Reading this thread only convinces me more that flying is the only option. Quite right, those empty French motorways are getting so crowded these days. Everyone should stick to flying. Quote: at least it isn't proceeded by 12 hrs driving and screaming kids.. The big delays are usually between airports and resorts - train is definitely the best way, but not always an option. Last christmas and New Year, with snow at both the English and French ends, most methods of travel were pretty grim; many people never made it or missed days of their holidays. There's no painless way from the UK to the Alps, especially if you live far from the ports. If possible, avoid school holidays and Saturday transfers and if you can't, plan carefully but be prepared for the buggeration of the best laid plans. We met people here last year who'd had to wake up a hotel 8 miles short of their destination at midnight when they could drive no further in heavy snow after one of the rather cheap and nasty chains with their hire car which they'd probably not put on right in the first place broke. The whole family was a bit traumatized by the experience though they subsequently had a great week despite ongoing poor weather and some difficult snow conditions and vis. The kids were beginners and the parents not much further on but they were all pretty feisty and didn't give up easily. Family ski hols are not for wimps. Quote: the rather cheap and nasty chains with their hire car which they'd probably not put on right in the first place broke. Quote: Family ski hols are not for wimps hear, hear! Then of course, leaving for home on Sunday. Suggestion - arrive during the night, say am when no queues on the roads and sleep in the car until daylight and get first lift up the slopes I think that whilst Espace Killy is a great area its a bit like doing your Xmas shopping at Bluewater the saturday before Xmas, why would you do it? There's enough other great undiscovered places out there. Quote: would it be any better if 'you' were able book accommodation with Sunday change Yes. Quote: arrive during the night, say am when no queues on the roads doesn't sound like fun. You don't have to arrive quite that early. Quote: There's enough other great undiscovered places out there. I can only speak for France but any resort still 'undiscovered' in the peak French holiday period of the year would have gone bankrupt long since. There are many resorts where Brits are just a tiny minority - it's a bit like Columbus 'discovering' America. But yes, there are advantages to avoiding the biggest Brit-infested resorts during the British half term. Markymark29 , Unfortunately I,m one of those people who can fall asleep anywhere; a night drive would probably end in disaster for me. Thanks Mitch. It makes a big difference here; there are local day-skiers on a Sunday but the roads are generally a lot easier. Some of the UK Tour Operators use Sunday changeovers - I've been into Geneva airport on Sundays sometimes, against my better judgement, and that's pretty busy. I would certainly choose Sunday over Saturday in any French resort, if I had the choice. Apart from having an easier journey it means you miss skiing on the first Sunday, which is a very busy day on the slopes, and get the last Saturday instead, which will be much quieter. Could sometimes mean complications with the timing of group ski lessons though. New Topic Post Reply. Snow Snow Snow! 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