I wish that was me

By way of Gadling I just found about Snowgo, a blog dedicated to snowboarding, which points to this list of European resort opening dates (ok, the list is actually 90% made of French stations). I'm posting this if only to share my excitement in expectation of spending a week in Serre Chevalier for Christmas. I've not snowboarded for a while but five full days should be enough to improve my level past "experimented wimp." Our 4-year old daughter is also pleased and she's already warning her grandfather on the phone about the snowballs she's going to throw at him (never mind that she last saw snow when she was a toddler and never made a snowball).

Let me tell you, there's just nothing quite like the Alps in winter to get me thrilled, but on my father's side people lived around Annecy at least for the last 350 years or so, so I'm not quite objective. (But then this is really one of the most beautiful regions on Earth.) Serre Chevalier is in the Southern French Alps which have the advantage of usually having more snow early in the season than my own Haute Savoie (that said, check out La Clusaz if you have the chance).

Here's a question if you made it this far: are you interested in ski-focused travel packages from BizNetTravel (not just in Europe), and if yes can you elaborate as to what would help you put together your dream ski vacation (use the comments, email or call us).