Saturday 3 November 2012

The marmot is in the mountains

Day one of Team Clean is done. Hello to all from Val d'Isere. One day down, one lorry unloaded, one chalet cleaned and about 100 recipe folders put together. We took a drive down to Bourg St. Maurice to do some food shopping and the vistas were tremendous. Snowcapped mountains, the glacier, the dam full to the brim of ice cold water throwing up reflections and shimmering in the sunlight. Absolutely gorgeous. Next time I'll remember to take a pic of it!

Have a look at these:
To you they may look like a box of toothpicks, what's so bad about that you may ask? Well let me tell you, this box of toothpicks, despite the name on the front, bring neither Joy nor a sense of Festival Festivity to a chalet host. For these are not toothpicks with which you might spear a fat olive, use for canapes or even pick your teeth. No, they are toothpicks for picking off limescale in the bathroom and kitchen. Yes, you read that correctly. These little sticks of wood are used for chipping away hard calcium carbonate deposits. I would prefer to it another way but toothpicks are considerably less expensive than lemons.

We're in a huge building that houses about 70 staff and we're rattling around on one floor of it. We've relaxed in the common room watching a film this evening. Though we've all been slightly perturbed at having to utilise the sofas in the communal area. We've all heard stories you see, and we're concerned for the upholstery and its state of cleanliness. Just don't put your face on a pillow or the armrest and you'll be fine...

The rock and roll lifestyle of this seasonaire involves being in bed with a cup of tea nice and early on a Saturday night, for tomorrow we have a LOT of cleaning to do. Don't worry though, the blog will be interesting as the season progresses, I won't always be going to bed early with a cup of tea....

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