For the February break, we once again embarked on our annual pilgrimage to the slopes: this year’s choice fell on the French La Plagne.
Below, you’ll find a short 4K video showcasing a week of tumbling, face-planting (nah…), and occasionally even snowboarding, plus a handful of photos that prove we did more than just lie in the snow contemplating our life choices.
As I don’t seem to ever have time to write a proper post about it, I’ll share a video of our recent Christmas wintersport occasion.
We decided to go to the Paradiski region (where I’ve been six years ago). The region is comprised of three large resorts: La Plagne, Les Arcs, and Peisey-Vallandry.
Back in 2017 we stayed in La Plagne, this time we booked a hotel in Peisey-Vallandry, but snowboarded mostly in Les Arcs (and one day in La Plagne).
The Dutch weather is not to be trusted, especially not on the Fool’s Day.
Seriously, can you imagine a heavy snowfall covering trees in full blossom?
Last time I enjoyed snowboarding in the mountains so much that I’ve decided to do that once more, straight away. The next season is a year away, so why wait? After all, I’m now a freelancer, ain’t I?
There was also another reason to come back to the mountains: I’ve recently got the GoPro Hero 5 action camera, which yearned to be used!
The New Year’s Eve has seen a light frost of -2 °C in the total absence of snow. The green grass got beautifully powdered with rime.
The whitened trees alongside the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal (Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal), which passes next to Houten, became simply magnificent:
Today, January 17, 2016, the nature has made an unexpected move. Last night a very thin layer of snow lay on the ground, for the first time in this winter.
You have perhaps heard of wintry weather and severe snowfalls in different parts of Europe. It didn’t leave Holland unaffected either. From my balcony I see something like this:
