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Every weekday during winter, and occasionally the rest of the year

8 August 2022

One of the things people like about Val d’Isère is that it is a real village with real villagers, with proper farms and proper farmers.

The Foire Avaline, our village fête, took place over the weekend. There was traditional Savoyard dancing:

and dress:

local cheeses, honey and jams from the Ferme de l’Adroit:

with farmer Xavier Mattis cooking sausages made from his own pigs:

There were marchers marching:

and geese marching (they really do march in the goose step!):

There were traditional Savoyard wraps and fajitas:

traditional Alpine horns:

traditional cow bells:

traditional donkey rides:

traditional face painting:

and even a gentleman improving his own sales of traditional génépi:

All the fun of the fair…