A weekend pad...

I mentioned we stayed with friends in their apartment in a place called Siviez or Super-Nendaz. Not a very pretty building and no nightlife (what is that anyway?) but incredibly well connected for skiing, hiking and mountain biking, at 1730metres with 3 ski lifts right outside the front door connecting you into the 4 valleys (Verbier at one end). Also has a kiddies ski-school/creche in the building. Well during that trip we walked past an estate agents and noticed an apartment for sale for the price of a top-end car (European one that is) so we bought it. As it turns out it was even easier than buying a car. So as of Octopber the 1st we'll be the proud owners of an apartment ready for renovation in a disused 1970s hotel. How lovely. We have plans to make it in to a designer two bedroom apartment. Michie who is an architect by trade has been helping us redesign it, not to mention supportive Nick locking her in the computer room dreaming of his future holiday home in the Alpes. Here are a few photos of the building and surrounding area last weekend when we went up to get some renovation quotes - oh yes my French language skills know no bounds. It was beautiful and we went up to about 3500 metres in the cable car hence the fleeces. Bella continues to impress with her hiking. She even helped me up the summit as I have a bad back (see ealier post on slugging a stroller around Venice). Good news is I actually got round to seeing a doctor today so will get some physio and start the training plan to actually enable me to benefit from the ski pad this season.