I haven't mentioned the weather recently - it has been fairly mild but miserably rainy over Christmas. It didn't matter too much because we have been busy with cooking and entertaining. However it was very nice when we arrived in Lyon at lunch time on Saturday to emerge from our plane into beautiful spring-like weather. The sky above us was blue with little wispy clouds and in the distance we could see the reassuringly snow-covered mountains.
Our journey had been straightforward so far and the five of us had a lovely chat at breakfast in Edinburgh Airport - I just love all of us being together - I enjoy our children's company and always have. They are all so funny and interesting and yet so different from each other.
We collected our hire car at Lyon; a roomy Vauxhall Zafira which was declared very satisfactory by the boys (in the past there has been much moaning from the back seat on ski holidays when they have had to sit with cases on their knees!) We set off optimistically on what should have been a two hour journey, only to run into a massive traffic jam! According to the French traffic reports there were "bouchons" on many roads approaching the Alps, and it was even mentioned on the main news - the cause was the high volume of holiday traffic. Unfortunately this doubled our journey to a gruelling four hours! It was especially gruelling for James, who was driving. Finally, in the dark, we arrived in Le Corbier and checked into our apartment which to our relief is very good; clean and spacious with a large balcony overlooking the swimming pool and the mountains beyond. So it was a long day! We explored the resort a little and went to a pizzeria for a pleasant dinner, followed by an early night.
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