JUST RETURNED FROM MY FIRST WEEK SKIING EVER. IT WAS TRULY THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER, BARRING THE 4 HOUR PLUS BUS JOURNEY WHEN YOUR ALREADY TIRED TO GET TO ARINSAL BUT THE WEEKS SKIING AND THE TIME I HAD MADE IT TOTALLY WORTH IT.... IT ALL RAN SMOOTHLY FROM THE CRYSTAL REP GIVIN US OUR LIFT PASSES THE NITE WE ARRIVED AND OUR SKI HIRE DETAILS TO BEING UP THE MOUNTAIN THE NEXT DAY HAVING OUR FIRST LESSON... THE HOTEL ST GOTHARD WAS SUPERB, THE FOOD WAS GREAT AND THE ONLY DRAWBACK WAS THE WALK UPHILL TO THE SKI LIFT AND BARS AN SHOPS ETC BUT THAT IS NO BIG PROBLEM AS THE SKI BUS IS EVER TEN MINS ON A MORNIN TO TAKE YOU UP AND THE WALK HOME AFTER A BEER ON A NIGHT SEEMS NOTHING....OUR SKI INSTRUCTOR WAS SUPERB TO. DARIN WHO OWNS THE DERBY BAR WITH HIS TWIN BRO WHO IS ALSO A SKI TUTOR WAS BRILLIANT. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO GET HIM BUT HE GOT US FROM TOTAL BEGINNERS TO THE TOP OF THE SLOPES AND RED RUNS BY THE THURS, GENUINELY A TOP BLOKE, PLUS CHUCK IN THE FREE SHOTS AND PINTS HE THREW AT US AND THE VIDEOS FROM THE SCOTTISH LAD WHO FOLLOWS YOU ON THE SLOPES SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR THRILLS AND SPILLS ON TELE AT NIGHT, IT MADE A TRULY FANTASTIC HOLIDAY, I WILL DEFINATLEY BE RETURNING, WE ATE DINNER AT THE 360 CAFE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE GONDULA AND FOR 5 EURO FOR A FULL ENGLISH FRY UP AND A BREW IT WAS A RITE BARGAIN....