Hotel Jaegeralpe

We stayed in a lovely hotel at the base of a ski-lift,  the Family Hotel Jaeger Alpe. It was fantastic - we had an apartment for the family. This is really essential when skiing as the ski gear takes up so much space.

The staff were fantastic. There was a great swimming pool for after skiing and the breakfasts and dinners were delicious! There was also a 'spa' attached to the hotel, which Nicole and Phil used for Saunas after hard days of skiing. The biggest put-off, however, was the gentleman who chose to sit in the sauna, in the nude, in the 'lotus position'. Nothing wrong with naked saunas, but this was a little too much.   

We would all swim for an hour or so after getting back to the hotel, then head over to dinner. After dinner we would play some games in the lounge (cards, etc), have a coffee or hot chocolate, then head back to our apartment (exhausted), ready for bed. 

 We had a designated table in the dining room for breakfast and dinner.  We chatted to people on the surrounding tables over the course of the week. We shared stories of skiing adventures, tips and back stories. It was a great atmosphere and a super place to stay.

Alexander is growing fast, and consuming a lot of food, so a buffet breakfast is great for him! One of his favourite parts of  breakfast is a couple of boiled eggs. We didn't realise how challenging this task would be.  

The first day, Alexander brought back an egg to the table, and asked Phil to peel it for him. Phil cracked the egg and it was raw! We found out that you have to boil your own eggs! This was egg disaster number 1 - with raw egg all over the table! 

We found the cooker on one of the buffet tables and Alexander dropped a raw egg on the floor (disaster number 2) 

On the second day, we boiled an egg, but the water was not at full boil, and we didn't leave it in long enough, so the egg only just cooked. When Phil cracked it, the runny egg went all over the table again! (egg disaster number 3) Take note, Nicole was having nothing to do with these eggs, she just sat there and howled with laughter at every disaster.

On the third day, we left the egg in the cooker for at least ten minutes. When Alexander went back to get it, someone had taken it! (egg disaster number 4) Could it be any harder to boil an egg?

 

However, after attempt #4, Phil and Alexander perfected the art of boiling eggs in the cooker and Alexander enjoyed them as part of his big breakfast before skiing for every day after this.  

Alexander and Phil perfected a morning breakfast routine.. They would put the egg into the cooker, as we came into the restaurant for breakfast (right at the back of the cooker, in the hope that no one would take those eggs). Alexander would get his cereal, take it back to the table and eat his cereal. By the time he had polished off a large bowl of cereal, his egg would be ready! It only took us 3 days to get this routine right, and he was happy after that. Luckily the waiters were very good humoured about it, and told us it happens quite regularly!This is the view behind the boys that we had as we ate breakfast every morning. To the right  is one of the big ski lifts, and we could watch the staff prepare the lift seats every morning!