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2 years in Alpe d'Huez!
Yes, it's pretty good. 2 years!!! Two years have already passed since we handed over the keys to our house in North Zealand, filled the car with the last possessions we had, to head down to a somewhat closed France. Shit the nerves were on the outside, because there was just...
And then there was just one more news…
In January, we could happily announce the best news of the year, that we will continue with Hotel le Refuge in the summer of 2022. Soon after, in February, we could tell part 2 and now we are here again. This time, we can tell another news. When we look back at the...
Best news of the year! Part 2…
Yes, it's pretty good. We have another news and it is one of the better ones. We simply didn't dare hope for it, but another winter at Hotel le Refuge is upon us. Winter 2022/2023 is happening! We are beyond happy that we can stay at the hotel another...
Best news of the year!
We jumped into the new year with the world's best news, which we are now ready to announce with you! Hotel le Refuge is allowed to survive one more summer. It's really a relief and a fantastic feeling to be able to open the doors for another summer for you. After...
We have growing pains…
Now what is that? Yes, it is good enough! We have expanded and have signed a super cozy Chalet located 50 m from the hotel. It is undergoing a major renovation this summer and therefore pictures are limited at the moment. We can lift the veil that it...
France's reopening plan
After Macron presented a third lockdown less than a month ago, it looked pretty bleak for how the whole of France was going to handle the summer and tourists in general. Before the month of April ended, however, he came up with a reopening plan that definitely looks a bit brighter than...
Finally, the adventure could continue almost as planned…
It's no secret that hotel management and life in the Alps were always the adventure we wanted with Vores Alpe Eventyr. It has been the plan for several rounds and although it all looked very bleak, half a year ago, when Skinetworks was declared bankrupt, so...
A year of corona - Part 2
If you haven't read part 1, skip and read it first 🤗 So what kind of hope ahead could we look forward to? It was impossible to see. Everything changed after that bankruptcy. It was all chaotic and honestly, Signe, I couldn't see any light at the end of...
A year of corona - Part 1.
Today, it's been a year since our adventure in La Rosiere changed something so dramatically. Friday the 13th of March 2020 was supposed to be a nightmare, as Friday the 13th is once rumored... In a very few hours, the season ended and we only had 2.5 days to close the hotels and...
Up and then down…
It was that ski season... The prospect of the lifts opening up to locals or to French tourists in the February holidays (winter holidays across the country in France) is closed. The elevators do not open. It was announced on Wednesday when the French tourism minister spoke at a...
We're coming home…
We have sold our house and moved our whole life to Alpe D'Huez, but now our workplace has gone bankrupt, so what should happen now? How do we move on from this unpleasant situation where all one's plans and dreams boil down to working as Hotel Managers...
Denmark's largest ski travel group bankrupt…
Exactly one year ago we had our first day in La Rosiere at Chalet Oliver. Exactly one month ago we arrived at Alpe d'huez. And today... the headlines say everything we feared. "Danish Ski giant declared bankrupt." "Denmark's largest ski travel group bankrupt"...
Status from alpine country
It seems to be in its place, with a small status here from the Alps. The days pass and we get closer and closer to what should have been the opening of the ski resort here in Alpe d'huez. It's a bit tragicomic to think that Saturday 28/11 should be the opening day, because...
Noah's first school week in France
Then a week passed. A school week in France. Which is a whole new world for us. Firstly – SCHOOL? Yes, Noah is actually only 3 years and 3 months old, but in France you start school at 3 years old. It's a huge change. Not only that it is a school, but also impressions...
When nervousness sets in and France declares Health Crisis…
From Jylland's post 14.10.2020 With 12 days to go and a France with the worst imaginable infection rate at the moment, it is clear that all emotions come pouring out and speak to one. Yesterday evening at 20:00 President Macron addressed the people and declared France in National...