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The Icy Prison
Culture / Expat life

The Icy Prison

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Christopher GJ Cooley • 8 Comments

Winter has come. Its the 2014 / 15 ski season. A group of young adults from the UK have come to work at a hotel in the French Alps. This story about their season is an extended metaphor comparing life in the mountains to life in a prison. What folllows is also an exposé of … Continue reading →

The first week of working a ski season in the Alps
Culture / Expat life / Language aquisition

The first week of working a ski season in the Alps

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Christopher GJ Cooley • 3 Comments

“We are working hours that they aren’t paying us for and we can’t leave. That is technically slave labour. We are Slaves!” He said to me as he came to get a water from the bar. “You could leave.” I suggested. “Not if you can’t afford a flight. We don’t get paid until the end … Continue reading →

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