2007 New Year's day in Gressoney St. Jean, Italy

New Year in the mountains: mini white weekend

 

Arrival

We arrived in the early afternoon of December 31, sunny and warm day, after finding parking for our campers historical (in the sense that it has more than twenty years, the old man pulled ...), we ski and snowboard to feel the ground ; on the time it was impossible to reach the slopes of Gressoney La Trinité, so we settled this the one in St. Jean. Little snow but counque useful for warming the muscles for a year ... not commanded the gear ...
In the evening New Year's Eve in the square, despite the cold there was a lot of people for a concert revival and characteristic fires. Meeting with Clare and the order of toast ...

Cino and Roby

Cino and Roberta arrive, by taxi (the gentlemen ...) We move from the camping Margherita, four things are more complicated.
Unfortunately, the rainy day (in Saint-Jean), while snow on the slopes. We still make some descent before a snowstorm prevents us from continuing.
After resumption of the evening dinner in the hut of the frozen lake, where you skate. Excellent food, a little 'less courtesy of the waiter and owner, which makes us pay even 25 cents a head ...

shopping

Day spent shopping; Gressoney's up you can, by the multitude of grappas cheese, sweets, or found small crafts or clothing comfortable and warm.
Can not miss a stop with a good cup of hot chocolate and, later, a round of bacon, chestnut honey, etc etc.