Dark Corner Deux Alpes FIASCO!

Look, it could actually pass for a REAL restaurant!

Lights that turn on themselves people, themselves!

Living in a box next to a guest room is surely the next best thing

Oh come on, its just not funny anymore

At least this made me laugh my ass off

Having the parents here with a rental car was an absolute blessing. They took myself and Hannah down the mountain to Bourg St Maurice and we stocked up on everything, it was like heaven! Toiletries, shoes, gloves, no stone was left unturned and we were so happy that there was actually life outside of la Plagne! On my day off however, myself and Rob decided to go over to Deux Alpes to see Miss First Aid herself, Nicola, of Corsica fame. It was a long journey over there but it was brilliant to see her again, as well as Charlotte restaurant, Millhouse and Becky, in a massive Corsica reunion! That was until we realised that something was a little fishy, and not quite the same as l'hotel Christina. If anyone is lucky enough to have a copy of the glossy Dark Corner ski brochure you will notice that they are capable of making a bombsite look pretty inviting, I have to admit however that with les 2 alpes, they are not lying. To say it is luxurious isn't even doing it justice.

Lets take a look at the statistics... (Christina's poor efforts to keep up shown in italic)

Restaurant that looks like a posh restaurant
Tables found in a skip with beer mats holding them up

Pool (indoor and out)
Err...ice sheet outside hotel

Sauna
Smelly hot boot room

Own ski shop
Andy Morris driving around town hoping to drop skis off at the hotel

Staff that actually like the job and do work
Workshy

the piece de resistance... public toilets that have hand towels and automatic lights
a public toilet not much different from those you would find at country petrol stations, lacking in even paper hand towels, and a mirror that shows you your chest, not your face

Now thats enough of a rant about the hotel, don't even get me started on the staff accommodation. Not only was it off site, a lot of it is in a log cabin, complete with kitchen, lounge and lush bathroom, and bedroom separate. A tad different from die box you might think. So then we start thinking that the town might at least be rubbish. We walked for about 20 minutes and we still hadn't got out of the main strip of bars and clubs, in la Plagne you'd be in Bourg St bloody Maurice by that time! So we left les 2 alpes, severely depressed, and so treated ourselves to McDonalds to drown our sorrows. So safe to say everyone is off to 2 alpes next winter!