Chalet Girl.

For the past three years it has been my plan to do a ski season once I complete my university degree.

I've been skiing since I was 6 y/o and in 2008 I spent a bit over one week staying in a beautiful chalet in Chamonix.

I will graduate in November of this year and so I am now starting to research where I should stay and which chalets to apply to.
I have been recommended to stay in Meribel at the top luxury chalet company and it looks beautiful!

I recently discovered this blog and have been following it since. It's about an undercover chalet girl and her experiences working in a French ski resort.

According to a friend, who has been working in Meribel for the past six weeks "I would definitely reccomend meribel, i have a 3 valley pass so there is endless skiing in val thoren, courcheval - so nice. Great town, good pubs, main club called Dicks Tea Bar." There is also lots of skiing available once you've done your chores. My friend gave me a good understanding of what she does each day. "I serve breakfast, clean rooms, finish about 11 then go skiing until about 5ish, then serve dinner, tidy down then head home 10.30ish, to either go out or bed!!" It certainly seems like a life I could comfortably get used to.



Of course there will be many opportunities to meet new people - some of whom spend their lives waiting for the first flakes of snow to fall each season. Or else, they fly from Europe to Australia to do our ski season and then return back to Europe - so they never see Summer. In Australia, the surfers are known as "beach bums" but I wonder what the equivalent is for people who work in the resorts - "Ski Bunnies" perhaps? I don't know I'll be as hard core as them, but I know I can't wait for it!!!