A trip to Lenzerheide was arranged kindly by the Kerrs to celebrate the event. A fantastic chalet the size of a small town was more than ample for the 28 of us!!! Yes 28 oh and coco! Bunk beds, industrial kitchens, showers, games rooms and SNOW!
The trip started 2 days prior to any snow activities with Tom taking his love bus filled with everything except the kitchen sink - as well as Nick, Rob and my goodself. A driving excursion which was made shorter by the hours of trivial pursuit played on the ipod! First stop Verdun in France which will always be famed for Snails revenge and Toms excellent French - my word that man is fluent!
The first opportunity for Tom to use his french was in a bar with the English name of Le Windsor - on arriving his first question to a very smart French barman was - and i quote "ooh ey le Indian Restaurant"....we knew that this trip could well be a long one, however, he redeemed himself by introducing us 3 to the barman (whilst pointing) as "un, deux, trois, je m'appelle Plonker". The barman had the last laugh when he put four beers on the table and said "un, deux, trois oh and (to Tom) here you are Mr Plonker!!" - priceless.
After a night of having 12 HOT GARLIC SNAILS thrown into my lap we proceeded the next day to Zurich, Tom was great he drove a considerable amount of time and when we arrived in Zurich we needed to find the Youth Hostel (contradiction if ever i heard one). I know - he said lets stop and ask - on stopping a fine young lady he said can you read this as i dont have my glasses! So how did we make Zurich?? Zurich was great and i can thoroughly recommend the youth hostel although dont share it with 2 snorers and a man who leaves his ipod continually on repeat playing the Nolans!!!!
IPOD MAN SNORER 1 SNORER 2
Eventuallty after a fantastic meal at Helens we moved on to Zurich Airport where the real fun began and hopefully we would get the girls and the kids from their stressful flight from Heathrow (which was drinking, beer, champagne and not a lot more). We arrived at Zurich airport and found the car park - have you ever tried to get a 2.2m people carrier with frozen (yes still frozen) curry in the top box under a 2m concrete car park entrance - trust me they dont go.....this resulted in a u turn and drive down the wrong way of a one way ramp with Keystone Kop proportions!
Once we collected the girls normality struck! We could focus on skiing well except for the host (Gout) and myself (Knee). The kids were geared up and ready for fun! Some went to ski school... 
And some were already great skiiers!
And some were already great skiiers!
And some could ski backwards down the mountain with their eyes shut!!!!
Rene and Helen were very kind in taking me the cripple for a walk which they advised me was an hour long and flat - well all i can say is that when i finished my walk i was wondering where i should stick the flag!!! Beautiful scenery and great company!!!
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