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| We were joined by Jen's family for the week before Christmas, and celebrated the week away in this fabulous gite in Le Laus, a tiny hameau near Cervieres, which is up the road from Briancon ... somewhere in the southern French Alps. The weather obliged by providing the area with a cover of white, making it the perfect location for a winter Christmas. |
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| ... and the fire kept roaring! |
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| Of course, much champagne was drunk ... |
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| The table set for dinner on Christmas Eve - roast chook! |
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| One night, we caught skidoos up to Refuge Napoleon on the Col de l'Izoard to have tartiflette for dinner - yum! Jen and Mark then toboggan'd the 7km back down again ... if only the road was a bit steeper, we could have gotten enough speed to beat the skidoos down. |
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| Mum and Dad braved the snow and cold to walk around the area and the fortified city of Briancon too ... |
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| ... Steph headed out to Serre Chevalier to learn to ski, impressing Jen and Mark who joined her for a day or two on the slopes ... |
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| ... and whilst Mark and Jen didn't quite get ice-climbing ... |
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| ... it's a beautiful part of the world just to be out and about in. What a week! |
