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Happy new year ! Full of hobbies…

Do you recognize him across the horizon ? You’ve got it right, this is the highest mount in Europe… This picture was taken at the fort, get your skis ! Our wishes were granted : snow has come, it’s time to enjoy our white carpet. Besides riding and hiking sports, as every year, the magicians of the mountain took out of their whooly hat many activities to please you. Check out the program proposed by the tourist information office at La Rosière : – Visit a sheep fold, as goats are not away in the high meadows, and taste a Read more…

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New books in the cottage library!

Several books (in french) have been added recently to our library. Read in 2015, all are related to the death camp 70th birthday of death camps liberation. Talking about the Holocaust (or Shoah, meaning ‘destruction’ in hebrew), these books are very emotional and quite demanding, because stories seem hard to conceive, beyond humanity. They recalled us of our visiting Auschwitz camp during the Summer 2013. We were near Cracovie, a magnificent city in Poland. Three books were written by Charlotte Delbo : “Aucun de nous ne reviendra” (None of us will return), “Une connaissance inutile” (Useless konwledge) and “Mesure de Read more…

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Colette sport’s little word

Our cousin Colette and her son Mathieu run a boutique where you will find everything you need just in front of the chairlift. Here’s their new season’s letter : jump into the wild ! “A nod from the mountain. Always ready to welcome you, and provide you our best ski equipments. Both fond of ski and mountain, wishing your holidays to be the best, we always favor quality and care for you. Sure of our commitment, you can come back to La Rosière’s amazing landscapes, to simply share strong sensations and sweet joys of life. All our best wishes. Colette Read more…

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Les Ecombelles, la vue, par Emily Nudd-Mitchell

Idealized images

Today, we made a big family meeting, several Savoyards’ generations… And we must say it: family photos in black and white, with mountains behind, that’s so charming! Louis is the family memory. He was a headmaster of saint Jean de Maurienne’s school in the 50’s. When the distant cousin of the North asked how the children went to school under the snow, he answered tit for tat : “Well that do remind me of a teacher who came from the South, by the sea. He had been allocated at our school, and he had expected a class of six pupils, Read more…

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Sitting on the bench

Do you love the panoramic view? Or prefer a quiet nap during a sunny afternoon? Enjoy! A magnificent new wooden bench has just been installed on the balcony, and improves the furniture of the cottage. It replaces the former wicker bench which made lots of visitors happy. Many noble posteriors and more modest ones had been using it so it was time for it to retire. How-to guide to make the most of the balcony : Enjoy the sunrise with a good coffee, Choose and devour a novel from the cottage library, Share a family breakfast, Post new stuff on Read more…

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Do you really know La Rosière ?

We were asked to propose you a quizz. Ready? Play : 1- By the way, why la Rosière is called la Rosière ? Clue: there’s a link to swamps, when it’s so high, who would believe it ? 2- Why our cheese reblochon has such a strange name? Clue: “re” is the only part not in dialect… 3- How do you call the citizen of Sainte Foy ? Clue: it reminds a bit New Mexico… 4- Have you ever seen cotton up-hill? Clue: changing a lettre, in the french word, it’s a salad sauce… 5- Who is the most important Read more…

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Blueberries for the picnic

Nothing better for hiking than taking with you some tasty blueberry cakes… The thing is that the fragile bay does not take necessarily the journey. So we’re happy to introduce you to Mercotte, the famous blogger gourmet from Savoy, who shows us the trick to bring it at the top of summits. So, where are you gourmet hiking next ?

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