Tick tick tick. This travel blog is for the time poor but curious traveller who wants to see at a glance the top three things to tick on every trip. Why three? It keeps my travel blog short and sweet. It also ties in with a triptych, an artistic form from the middle ages which is an arrangement of three pictures together that tell a story.
We have always loved Colorado for skiing – something about the mix of cowboy towns, big powder, chilled vibe (discounting Vail of course) and wide-open bowls lures us in every time. We spent a couple of winter seasons living in Steamboat Springs many moons ago and have returned there regularly but on our last visit to the cowboy state we threw in a couple of new mountains: A-Basin, Copper and […]
This off the radar ski resort came to our attention when it joined the EPIC pass in 2022 and we decided to head over with our daughter who was studying in Leeds, UK at the time for a pre-Xmas ski. December is a hit and miss time for many European ski areas and the Andermatt Sedrun area certainly didn’t have as much snow as in its peak time in January […]
With its succulent snow, eye popping peaks and crazy cabaret shows, Val d’Isere is a triple threat when it comes to picturesque, party, ski resorts. We went on a family trip with our teenage daughters so were a little low key on the party side of things but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the afternoon cabaret at La Folie Douce, a glass of après ski gluhwein as we wandered […]