Winter is Coming.. PANIC!!
posted: 2016-10-11
September is over. Summer has definitely finished and the temperatures are starting to hit sub-zero. Itâs even trying to snow! What a perfect time to start your exterior building projects. Seriously?
No joking! Since September Courchevel has come alive with more skips and heavy equipment than Iâve seen all summer and they are all working feverishly like people with a strict 2 month deadline. The Lâaventure restaurantâs terrace now has a roof, walls and windows which probably makes it an extension instead of a terrace. The âshop next to Bulgariâ which is so named because its changed brand almost every year I can remember is being gutted. Mark Warnerâs Dahu hotel, which has been sitting empty since May, is only now being ârefurbishedâ but will never be ready for this winter. And thatâs just naming a fewâ¦
I shouldnât be that surprised because this sort of thing happens every year and the fact it happens every years means that no one really cares. Back in 2000 I remember watching from my balcony, a few days before their grand opening, a hotel franticly unload lorry after lorry full of mattresses and tvs.
Now I know this sounds silly, and maybe I feel like Iâm taking crazy pills, but maybe if all of France didnât down tools and take a two month holiday from July/August then there wouldnât be this annual panic.
