Address
Glenn Williams
Hotel Le'Mariandre
Alpe D'huez 38750
FRANCE
Yay! Finally.
Now send me things! (please)
Possible gifts are:
vegimite
Milo
Socceroos jersey
Australian Beer
Stubby holders!
Aussie Flag stickers!
My turntables, all my vinyl and my amp and speakers (!)
no but seriously, Sticko, if your reading this (and if not can someone ask him for me) i really want a big sticker or losta stickers for my board. Could you please do the samurai, or the monkey or whatever cool designs youve been doing lately on some clear book wrapping plastic stuff..?? please??
my board is bright red btw.
Ill pay you back i promise.
or send you something cool in return.
fancy dress party
so whats been happening you ask??
well ive recoverd from the pox.. most of the scabs have fallen off.
Sorry, but ive got no photos to show :( i dont think i got it that bad.
last thursday was Mark and Vicki's joint birthday bash, and it was fancy dress, anything begining with M or V.
It was really good cause everyone made an effort.
Two guys dressed as Muslims, they were in bedsheets with te-towels on their heads, aviator glasses and BB-guns.
Two others cames as Mimes, with faces painted and white and black striped skivvys.
Mark came dress as another staff member Mike. Because mike has these really bad sweaters. He looked really good.
There was a vampire, a Maid, dennis the Menace, Miltary personell.
Two girls came as Mark Warner Guests. Dressed in Eighty's one piece ski suits.
Yours truely put a Maionaise bucket on his head, wore nothing but my skin tight thermals, boxer shorts on the outside, mayonaise in a squirter bottle in one hand, baguette in the other. I was "Mayonaise Man"
Everyone said that my costume was the most original.
Ahh, what a fun night
...Chicken.. ..POX??...
Guess what.
I got chicken pox.
Hurrah!
Dont know how i got it. . probably from someone in the hotel.
But for the last 5 days ive been locked up in a hotel room by myself so i dont give it to anyone.
Not much fun i can tell you, but at least i didnt have to work. And its been a 5 day detox! wow! I feel so much better!
French TV is really boring when you dont know french. - They have a game show like this english show "countdown" (those who have been to england will know what im talking about) where about 9 letters r picked and the 2 contestants have to make the biggest word they can in about 30 seconds.. well, i can play that game but they make all their words in french so i cant really compare.
apart from that ive spent the last 5 days standing on the balcony yelling at people.
last night i got a msg from Mark (chris's mate who is living in london) saying that hes gonna be in alp dhuez on monday and he needs accomodation. Time to work some magic. He might be able to saty in my hotel cause theres only 15 guests this week! (we can take up to about 70)
Another 2 staff (i think) are leaving 2moro. Taking the number up to 6.
I just dont understand people who would choose to come on a working holiday and then leave halfway through. Thats just not cricket, is it Matt. or Sara (or another cricket fan)
Anyway, enough rambling.
The mystery of Glenns bar
Ok Heh, im sorry, I haven't had much time to sit down and compute. But here goes..
It snowed on new years day. And continued for about 4 days straight, but since then it hasnt snowed and the suns come back. It been one of the warmest winters on record. It was 18 degrees today :( not good for boarding.
The other people here are very cool. Everyones between the ages of 18 and 25 (apart from heads of staff) so we all get along real well. I share a room with two other guys, Struan and Matt, in a sorta apartment that is across the road from the hotel.
The work is good. generally I peel vegies, cook vegies, do odd jobs, and sometimes help the KP's (kitchen porters ie. dish pigs) in the wash up room. I work a 48 hour week but theresd still heaps of time to ski. i have all day thurs fri and sat to ski, and on other days about 4 hours at lunch.
I just bought a board yesterday!! So today was my first day boarding!! I picked up the basics pretty quickly though and I LOVE IT! so much fun.
Cause snowboarding is cooler.
We are all crazy party animals that seem to go out every night. except on saturdays cause we start at 4am on a sunday. (and i finish at 11pm)
But i think i wont be going out as much now cause i have to pay off my board.
Thats where glenns bar has come into play. basically we just buy drinks at the supermarket we all sit in the accomodation and drink there. And im the barman.
We are also starting a rumour amoungst the locals that glenns bar actually is a proper place. But no one knows or can remember how to get there.
Theres other stuff in the town like a swiming pool, gym, ice rink, bars, pubs, clubs, drinking places, pubs, bars, restaurants, pubs and a few bars. And glenns bar.
And my french isnt gonna get better cause theres so many engligh tourists and workers.
OK. hope thats been good enough sis.
xoxox
happy new year!!
And happy birthday dad!!
I mite be buying a snowboard tommorrow.
thats all.
