This was our skiing at Abondance !!!

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This was a trip by my boys and I came along just for the ride ok lol!! The views were gorgeous and we all had a good time; one for the memories of their youth and me to be back in the mountains again… Let me tell you on this was our skiing at Abondance !!! Hope you enjoy it as I, The short story of my life is that while living in Madridby the year 1972, a group of friends took me to ski at Navacerrada (see post) ski port just north of Madrid. It was a horrible experience ,and I rolled down the mountain for a scary while until finally somehow stop with the help of some passerbys (if you can call that in the mountains). That was the end of my ski experience, once a beach bum always a beach bum I guess lol! Rolled over several years, and it was my boys turn to try snow skiing! This time in France! We went with school trips into the Northern Alps on the French side. For the boys it was a memorable trip and really enjoyed it !! Me and wife ,stay on the sidelines just enjoying the before and after ski crowds, hanging around and trying all those mountain cheeses or say wines. I like to give you a bried introduction to Abondance .  I rather give an overall look at the history and the facilities and let you do the reading further. Its a subject of an experience but far from me to handle. However, I wanted it to have a “history” in my blog for family’s sake. Abondance is a town in the Haute-Savoie department no 74 of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of my belle France. It is located in the French Chablais, and is the capital of the canton of Abondance. It is more precisely in the upper valley of the Dranse, southern and mountainous region of the Savoyard Chablais with notably the Mont de Grange (2 432 meters) and the Mont Chauffé (2 093 meters) mountains. The beginnings of the skiing practice were early as by the year 1930 there was already a ski club for holidaymakers. The club then published the first publications related to local tourism. The telecabin was inaugurated in 1964. Abondance is a tourist town and has on its territory a northern area of the valley of Abondance, as well as a winter sports station, the Essert (20 km of generously arranged slopes) which is part of the domaine des Portes du Soleil ( gates of the sun). In Winter, you can practice alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, ski touring, snowboarding, biathlon, handiski, taxiski, snowshoes, off -piste skiing, sledding, dog sled , as well as new slides such as airboarding, sliding snake, yooner, joëring skiing, skating and ice driving. During the other three seasons, it is possible to hike, cycling, mountain biking, tree climbing, paragliding, pétanque, tennis, archery, via ferrata, climbing, fishing and living waters. The main thing my twin boys came for downhill school and it was a blast ! Abondance remi-put-skis mars10 abondance remi-gang-up-mountain-mars10 Abondance remi-downhill-mars10 Things to see in Abondance, me think are : The Abbey of Abondance founded in 1108 by regular canons who were settled in the Abondance Valley since 1080. First a priory, it became an abbey in 1140. The decline of the abbey was rapid since the mid-15C due to the Commende system (Someone who was not required to observe the obligations inherent in his or her charge) . The Feuillants relaunched it from 1607 to 1761, the date of its final closure. From 1836, it the town who managed it. The terrace between the city/town hall, the school, the road and the way to the square of the church, with the degrees of access, the retaining wall of the land and the plantations are all protected. The Notre-Dame-Church d’Abondance was built around 1275. It is the only Church in Savoy to possess an ambulatory and absidiales chapels; Gothic cloister of the 14C presenting a set of murals depicting the Marian cycle, among them the Annunciation, the Nativity, the flight to Egypt or the wedding of Cana. These paintings probably date from the first half of the 15C and illustrate the current art style, but also by many details the local environment. The iconography is part of a late Gothic style reminiscent of the Florentine school. The House of the Val of Abondance: a tour presenting the pastoral, cheese, geographical and historical richness of the valley. The local Abondance tourist information site: https://sites.valdabondance.com/stations-et-villages/abondance/ The Savoir Mont Blance tourist office on Abondance: https://www.savoie-mont-blanc.com/en/ski-resorts/abondance-133140/HIVER/ The city of Abondance on its heritage: https://mairie-abondance.fr/tourisme/ Our fav skiing site, Skiinfo on Abondance: https://www.onthesnow.co.uk/northern-alps/abondance/skireport There you go folks, if you want to ski this is a nice area of Abondance. Very family oriented and frequent by the French youth a lot. Just be carefull , and will have a great time as we did, they did lol ! Again, hope you enjoy this post on this was our skiing at Abondance !!! as I And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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