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Meribel - France must be one, Mayrhofen - Austria might be another. In your opinion which resorts are in the top ten ski resorts infested by the British?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Val Despair, Morzine probably not that far behind
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mayrhofen was a Dutch infested resort last time I was there - at least if you factor in the difference between the 2 national populations.
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Met very few non Brits in Glencoe must be rubbish. 
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Verbier !
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Mayrhofen was a Dutch infested resort last time I was there - at least if you factor in the difference between the 2 national populations.
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No, that's cheating!! My proposal would be Les Gets.
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Chamonix?
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Espace Killy, Paradiski, Trois Vallees, L2A etc etc.....think big French resorts, and then think how they got to be so big in the first place
Simples
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Les Gets - another place with many Brits, but also heard many Dutch & Belgian accents on the chairlifts. Only place I've heard someone order "Two cappercheeners and a calvados, mate!" (in a saaaf eest lundun accent).
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Mosha Marc, Lots of Brits in Chamonix during the peak Brit weeks, but always a good showing for the French & northern europeans as well IMO.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Has to be Val D as 1 toff is as annoying as 10 normos.
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Only ever heard English (and a variation of it you include those from Glasgee  ) spoken at these top 10 'resorts':
Yad Moss
Weardale
Raise
Allenheads
Harwood
Cairngorm
Lecht
Glencoe
Glenshee
Nevis Range
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wouldn't you rather them be infested with us Brits than the arrogant, hard faced germans / (some) french?!
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You know it makes sense.
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| wouldn't you rather them be infested with us Brits than the arrogant, hard faced germans / (some) french?! |
I like meeting my fellow countrymen / women on ski holidays (provided they are not totally tanked up and fighting at the time). Not all Germans are arrogant and it's good to have a mix, some Dutch are even almost likeable . Was just wondering which resorts have a large British base particulary here in Austria.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Chamknee
All the 3v
Val despair
Banff
Verbier
Suzy doh
Morzine/LG
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Poster: A snowHead
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Another question - what is the most brit infested resort in Austria?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DB, Saalbach ..... full of 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Les Gets every time.
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Many and increasing in Les Gets but thankfully not toff type hooray henrys (who I despise, along with the chavs who appeared in Flaine last time). Most of the British people we have met have been charming.
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3 Valles
Chamonix
Val Disere
Verbier
Saalbach
Tignes
Deux Alps
Souze
In no particular order
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Don't know... don't find many on our trips...
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Soldeu (Andorra)
Livigno (Italy)
Val d'Isère
Tignes
Borovets
Verbier
St Anton
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When my sons were working in Chamonix one of their French friends told them that his cousin had come to Chamonix to learn English.
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Another vote for Merihell.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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wouldn't you rather them be infested with us Brits than the arrogant, hard faced germans / (some) french?!
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It's a good question and I have no objections to my fellow countrymen when well behaved which to be fair the vast majority are in my experience.
I do prefer a resorts that are not very 'British' I think it's because when I am abroad I like to feel I am abroad and getting s little bit of French/Austrian/Swiss or whatever life even if it is a slightly holidayish 'life'.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| DB wrote: |
| Another question - what is the most brit infested resort in Austria? |
I guess this would be St. Anton. It was the only resort (village, town, city, whatever) so far in Austria where I even encountered a cashier (sp?) from the UK in the supermarket.
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Probably down to the geography and cheap flight offers but I'm coming to the conclusion that although some resorts in Austria might have a significant British populatiuon none of them are infested (i.e. there's no equivalent to Meribel in Austria).
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You know it makes sense.
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Livigno is overrun with Oirish
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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johnboy, Correction Oirish STUDENTS they love the place
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Poster: A snowHead
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DB, yes that would be my view too, there are a few Brits in St Anton but it is not a Brit resort. In comparison when I went to Verbier it seemed every one was British, likewise Morzine.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DB, I agree, I mean Zell Am See has a fair few Brits, but they are still in the minority compared with Germans, Dutch, Scandies and increasingly eastern Europeans. The most Brits I have encountered in Austria was probably Mayrhofen, the most annoying Brits were the family of ra-ras in Obergurgl who seemed to deliberately find the same lunch stops as us and then ra-ra on to each other really loudly about how little Jasper and Cordelia were doing at prep. I felt like I was in some swanky Swiss resort.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Deliaskis
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seemed to deliberately find the same lunch stops as us and then ra-ra on to each other really loudly about how little Jasper and Cordelia were doing at prep. I felt like I was in some swanky Swiss resort.
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I find that kind of class paranoia even more annoying than the people who engender it. You would find that Hemel bar on a snowHead club night is not a quiet place (irrespective of accent, which is mixed and includes what some people might term ra-ra) and, shock horror, I have heard some conversations which involve kids' schooling.
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Deliaskis
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seemed to deliberately find the same lunch stops as us and then ra-ra on to each other really loudly about how little Jasper and Cordelia were doing at prep. I felt like I was in some swanky Swiss resort.
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I find that kind of class paranoia even more annoying than the people who engender it. You would find that Hemel bar on a snowHead club night is not a quiet place (irrespective of accent, which is mixed and includes what some people might term ra-ra) and, shock horror, I have heard some conversations which involve kids' schooling. |
Sorry it was just meant to be an observation - I didn't realise it would be that contraversial. I can assure you that I honestly have no class paranoia, and I am pretty sure it was clear what I meant, and that it had absolutely nothing to do with accent or how people choose to educate their children.
Apologies to anyone I may have inadvertently offended.
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Deliaskis
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seemed to deliberately find the same lunch stops as us and then ra-ra on to each other really loudly about how little Jasper and Cordelia were doing at prep. I felt like I was in some swanky Swiss resort.
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I find that kind of class paranoia even more annoying than the people who engender it. You would find that Hemel bar on a snowHead club night is not a quiet place (irrespective of accent, which is mixed and includes what some people might term ra-ra) and, shock horror, I have heard some conversations which involve kids' schooling. |
Shame, I was considering a trip to Hemel 
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I find that kind of class paranoia even more annoying than the people who engender it.
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I am not sure that it is class paranoia, if it is I share it to an extent. In a foreign country inevitably I find your ear tunes more into people speaking ones own language. There does seem to be a particluar home counties voice that seems capable of drowning out all others in a restaurant that is grating when you are trying to enjoy a meal. Maybe class paranoia but I really did not enjoy the time I heard the full details of someones incontinent bowels over an otherwise pleasant lunch in Davos.
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T Bar,  Fair enough!
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