The Hotel Beau-Regard was not in the exact center of town but on one of the many free bus routes right across the street. Another shortcut was on a long expansion bridge across a ravine that led to the bottom of the Super Morzine gondola. Checked in by Sylvie who showed us which table was [...]
Travel Tips & Advice on “winter sports”
The Hotel Beau-Regard, Morzine, France
December 12th, 2010 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in France 
Tags: accommodation, adventure, culture, destination, event, events, food, Hotel Beau-Regard, hotels, log, morzine, nature, sightseeing, skiing, snowshoeing, sports, tours, transportation, travel, travel advice, winter, winter sports 
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Skiing in The Portes du Soleil Area of France and Switzerland
December 11th, 2010 Sheila Simkin A Portes du Soleil ski pass entitles you to ski Abondance, Chatel, La Chapelle d’Abondance, Les Gets, Montriond, Morzine-Avoriaz and St. Jean d’Aulps on the French side. And, Champery, Morgins, Torgon, Val-d’Illiez-Les Crosets and Champoussin on the Swiss side. Only in Europe can a person ski from country to country and end up back where [...]
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How to Plan A Morzine, France Trip
December 9th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Air? You can search, plan and/or book on-line through CheapOair, an Airline Wholesaler for Unsold Tickets, Air France, and Hotwire.com, not name just three. United Air Lines is our carrier of choice and Geneva, Switzerland is the closest airport to Morzine, France. However, United only flies to Geneva via Washington Dulles Airport. Since we stick [...]
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Morzine, France in The Heart of the Portes du Soleil
December 8th, 2010 Sheila Simkin When you live in Chicago, there are only two winter weather choices. Fly south with all the other sunbirds or embrace the snow and cold. I embrace by walking and/or running outside as long as the sidewalks aren’t covered with ice and the thermometer stays above the 0 degree Fahrenheit range. 0 centigrade would be [...]
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Snowshoe, Cross Country or Ice Climb in Kandersteg, Switzerland
February 3rd, 2010 Sheila Simkin One winter, we took the cable car, Luftseilbahn, up to the Sunnbuel plateau and did some cross-country (primarily flat) on the high alpine 5-12 km/3.1-7 mile loops. There are restaurants at the top of Sunnbuel, Schwarenbach and back country ski tourers can go as far as Hotel Wildstrubel at the Gemmipass or up and over [...]
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Visit Kandersteg, Switzerland in Winter and Summer
January 29th, 2010 Sheila Simkin If you’ve heard of, or visited, Kandersteg, Switzerland, consider yourself fortunate. Unlike St. Moritz, Davos, Gstaad and other haunts of the “Rich and Famous” (although all of these places can be visited for less with a little time and effort), Kandersteg is usually under the radar of visitors to Switzerland other than Europeans. It’s not [...]
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When Snowshoeing on A Ski Hill in Austria Goes Bad
December 8th, 2009 Sheila Simkin ex-Marine (husband, Steve) has one stock answer whenever friends/acquaintances comment that they’d love to travel with us. “No you don’t! Perhaps this incident will explain his emphatic answer. Winter is coming and with that, my thoughts turn to snowshoeing, a favorite winter sport. If ex-Marine had his druthers, he’d spend the winter either in a [...]
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Auf Wiedersehen, St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria
February 27th, 2009 Sheila Simkin We lucked out with clear blue skies, abundant sunshine and enough snow for both snowshoers and skiers. There have been times, because European ski resort bases are usually lower in altitude than Colorado or Utah, we’ve snowshoed over patches of grass! Skiers were thrilled though because a low front moved in on our last night, [...]
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360 Degree Mountain Views from The Top of The Valluga Bahn in Austria
February 25th, 2009 Sheila Simkin It was sunny today so we walked from Hotel Fahrner down into St. Anton the long way since we had just missed the bus (again) to the bakerei (bakery) thinking that ooey-gooey pastries would taste darn good after snowshoeing. Der Backer Ruetz had baked the wonderful topfenstrudel and ex-Marine chose a yummy schnecken. Stowed carefully [...]
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No One Hates to Exercise More Than I
February 24th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Why do people think that just because I force myself to go out and exercise, I love it? Thirty-one years of running, walking, hiking, aerobics, using weights (when I remember), skiing, cross-country skiing. Exercise tapes with Jane Fonda, followed by yoga with Jane Fonda. Health clubs, treadmills, a Nordic Track and elliptical. (I do own [...]
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