Cyber Poems

Back in 1770 the first tourist hotel was opened in Chamonix France.

Prior to this Chamonix embodied a wild and tough agricultural hamlet where locals caught animals and grew their own cereals.

Barns then were used to raise dairy cows during the spring and summer.

The milk was conserved by making it into cheese and preserved in the farm for consumption during the cruel wintertimes.

In the snow season the barns were fastened, and all valuables were locked in a tiny hut.

Quite who invented luxury chalet holidays is nameless, it was probably various keen folk who recognized a pattern which was novel.

With Erna Low it began whilst she was a unhappy postgraduate and could not afford to visit her siblings in Austrias frequently as she liked.

Therefore in 1931 she took a punt and took out ad in the broadsheets to invite clients on a winter vacation. For £15 they traveled to and from the skiing resort, enjoyed breakfast and dinner and lodging in the only inn, and took ski gear and tuition.

Holidays were strenuous, there weren’t any ski lifts, no quick release fixations, merely heavy leather shoes, but it was so successful that she carried on taking friends on breaks, guaranteeing she utilized superior chalets and ski instructors.

These Skiing trips in the formative years were a long way from the luxuries we can enjoy today.

In the early days hot water was in short supply, the bathrooms had to be shared out by all of the guests, and there wasn’t a cook; the punters had to help out with the chores.

It was a complete lottery as to who might be in the lodge for the holiday, one could be pleased by meeting fresh acquaintances, or not gel with the group.