Discovery and Moving

The last day of training was pretty intense. We had two tests, one about health and safety and the other about the ski company I am working for. The healthy and safety test was pretty basic, however i did not realise that a freezer should be -18 degrees Celsius to be effective! The other test was the more nerve racking one. We needed to know about all 18 chalets the company has, about the hiring of skis, the destinations of the chalets and costs of ski passes. Somehow, amazingly, i got 41 out of 45, one of four people who got this score. We were the joint highest score! Now, usually with things like this, one does not expect to get a prize, as its like part of our training. But no, low and behold, the winners each got 3 free days of ski pass upgrades. With will save over 60 euros!

The rest of the day was spent hanging around waiting to find out where we would be placed. It took until about 10.45pm to find out. We were supposed to know by 10pm at the latest. however, some of the girl were kicking up serious fuss about where they wanted to go, which was making the placements difficult.

I hear you all asking where I have been placed in the alps. Well, I have been shipped off to Reberty near Les Menuires. This resort is very close to Val Thorens and is about 2000m so the snow guarantee is pretty good. At first I was not too sure about this location, as it is a small village, however, since arriving and seeing the chalet. St.Michel, i am very happy. I am at most 20 meters from the piste. And the people here are lovely.

Today was spent cleaning the 4 chalets that the company own, i rephrase that, deep cleaning was what we were doing. St Michel has 7 rooms, some small and some large. The one i have decided i do not like is the one with a jacuzzi bath. It took me 20mins to clean the thing and mostly with a toothbrush as jets were pretty gross!

Tomorrow we have a lovely hot tub and sauna cleaning session as well as the communal areas and one last room that i didn't have the will to clean. Wish me luck for tomorrow and maybe I'll be able to give you an update!