30 — Sunday, October 6, 1996 - North Shore News , Pr) oe mi Lynn Valley Medical and Travel Clinic is pleased to welcome Dr. Deirdre Carlos to their practice 988-5389 Suite 102 - 1200 Lynn Valley Road (next to McDanalds) Travei clinic for all your pre and post travel needs ELELNGHAM : & STAY Two Nights at $49 and the Thitd Night will be FREE . FREE 21 Item Breakfast Buffer OK FREE - 20% Off Shopping at Bellis Fair. Coupon Book to Peace Arch Factory Outlet & Restaurant Discounts ‘| & Harrah’s, Lummi, 1 Nooksack Casinos Nearby . : (Expires Oct. 31, 1996.) | Reservations 1 - (360) 676-7700 Must Present This Coupon at Check-in (Directions: 1-5, Exit 258, I mile from Bellis Fair Mall) | ; ON SALE ALASKA 1997 : ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISE LINE On board the grand Logend of the Seas May 04. $1100.° May 11,18 $1150." . May 25 “juine 0108 = $1220." dune 15,22,29 $1355.” ‘Weicome aboard the new Rhapsedy of the Seas ‘|, Pdune14,21,28 $1355." *Prices ara in Canadian dollars. _- Inside cabins, per person, double occupancy. Sale prices available for ouiside cabins too 2 ord sth passenger at $135 UNTIL I went to France, skiing had been a simple matter of get- ting up early, sliding downhill and then hit- ting the pub. In France they do it dif- ferently. Life in this upscale resort in the French Alps is centred in chalets, often with housekeepers or “chalet girls,” usually young British women on working holidays. The day starts late, unlike Canadian resorts where lift- lines come with the dawn. Here, reveille is when the chalet girl brings your morn- ing cup of coffee, which won't be early because you can be sure she closed the disco last night. Breakfast is a leisurely affair, followed by a two-minute walk to the ski run, . Michel the guide is at the lifts at 11 a.m. sharp — not "AT THE FALL BOAT SHOW, BE THE FIRST TO PREVIEW THE ALL NEW ‘97 MODELS a. PREROLINE POWEsAED BY ULTIMATELY, THEREIS PURSUIT. | 3 merCruier This Weekend Oniy at Thunderbird Marina 5776 Marine Dr., West Vancouver MICHEL the guide knows the quickest route to the restaurants in the Trois Valiees all that late when you consid- er the lifts are open until 5,30 p.m. Michel knows the mountains, and just as impor- tantly, the restaurants. And so we ride, four in a chair, to the top of a steep ridge which affords a panoramic view of the Alps in all their majesty. Snow-cov- ered mountains overlap in every direction, with Mont Blanc, almost 16,060 ft. (4,877 m), standing out clearly in the distance. It is like being on the top of the world. Down below is Meribel, a handsome village of stone and wooden chaiets, where . skiing started in the 1930s at the inspiration of a Scotsman, Peter Lindsay, Beyond the next ridge is another valley and Courchevel, the biggest ski resort in France, while 1997-7 nights New Orleans Round Trip “MS NEW AMSTERDAM" behind is another valley and the villages of Les Menuires and Val Thorens. Known as the Trois Vallees, it is the biggest ski area in the world with 27,000 skiable acres com- pared to 7,000 ar Whistler/Blackcomb, the lat- ter the largest in North America. Two hundred lifts (compared to 27 at Whistler/Blackcomb) and a co-operative lift pass system enable skiers to cover more ground in a day than Hannibal managed in a month when he came this way with his elephants. Having said that, we went for a walk. It happened after we went off-piste, that is we - left the groomed runs, a common practice here when - skiing with a guide. 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There was nobody else in sight, other than a hang- glider in the distance.“""."!’ We would have lingered longer but it was lunchtime, : so down we went, carvitig turns on virgin snow with the denly the village of St" Martin-de-Belleville : appeared. We found the <":/.)-. restaurant selected by Michel at 2 p.m. and sat oni the tei race and soaked:up the'sun, robust Savoie wine, and deli cious pepper steaks followed -, by salad and Savoie cheese Finally, home-made gene ' tigueur made from yellow: flowers picked on the moun ‘tains in the summer. Two hours later, ready. For what, I’m not sure, but we went skiing any Another day we lunche at 10,000 ft. (3,048 m) at_ _Les Cretes, not much.more 3 t b tha a mountain hut ru former guide.. The. food her was regional and superb: . ’ diots au vin blanc (hot po! 4 rmoniers: (sausages made with ve bles) as well as wonderful h tarts. ee te My favorite, though, was the Restaurant PAdret, = known simply as the Telebar, a five-star act for its terrace food, wine and ambiance." ” Another day we reveled in® an odyssey of chairlifts and: ~ gondolas, skied pistes, . : . roamed through valleys aad villages such as Val ‘Thorens, , See Hills page 3 IS OFFI heludes the date tickel é first stamped. Flax Pe 1 gvailable ct Disneyland Main Entrance, Passport vatd during rxgular Pork operating hours onty. Early Admission isintoona themed bd, one atthe the a i esky, does not bl Gianey : 4 J .