Although I had less than two weeks in Ireland I decided to cut
this even shorter to visit my adorable brother in Morzine, France before
heading back to the Ardeche. The first 3hours of my trip set a great tone for
the remainder of the travels. The original plan was to meet Willow in the airport
(who was due to land a hour after me) and hop on a train straight to Morzine. However
not only did I catch up with a Verbier snow buddy who was working for a airport transfer company, to my surprise I randomly bumped into a flustered Danielle in
Geneva train ticket office! I had been working with Dani all summer in York and
she was on her way from Paris to Verbier for an interview. It was only that she
had missed her Paris train earlier in the day that we crossed paths, small
world eh!
Anywhooo, our trip to Morzine took a lot
longer than expected, come 4pm we had found ourselves in yet another train
station waiting for 3hours so Willow and I decided to hitch the remainder of the
trip. Unsure of which street to stand on with our beautiful hand drawn paper
"Morzine" sign, we decided search for the local tourist office
who then sent us in the right direction. Of course moments later it started to
downpour destroying our little paper sign but luckily enough a lovely French boy
called Francois collected us within 30seconds and brought us to the doorstep of
the gypsygetto!
After that the days were filled with
sleep, cheap wine, pointless shots (sorry guys!), BBQ's...more BBQ's, sneaking
into the pool, the steepest hike of my life that left both Willow and I
crippled for days, debates (Alana you win on this one!), Caravan fun, Allie -
the cutest dog ever and of course some well needed bro hang time with Sean.
Although I have ‘only’ stayed in France
and Switzerland since finishing college over a year ago I have been fortunate enough to meet
some amazing people along my way. Thanks to my brother I met a great bunch of
peeps who were not only inspiring as athletes but as travelers too. Although I
had recently finished my first ski season where I met a lot of keen skiers and boarders I
felt this particular group of people had the motivation, drive and dedication
that I hope to find in some fellow boarders/skiers this coming winter! Not only
did their enthusiasm in biking get me (extra) pumped up for the snow this
winter but also opened my eyes to other resorts so hopefully I can return to
Morzine in a couple of years for my own season.
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| Caravan settlers and peak proud! |
Thanks to all those who made my Morzine trip a great one,
C x
