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What if you're working amid snow instead of sand? Dan Levy samples some of the pleasures of ski resorts When you work abroad there are many similarities between the summer and winter seasons, but obviously, a time spent on the ski slopes does have its own characteristics - not least the cold, the time of year and also the altitude.

When you work abroad there are many similarities between the summer and winter seasons, but obviously, a time spent on the ski slopes does have its own characteristics - not least the cold, the time of year and also the altitude.

'If there is any time that a nanny is going to get homesick, it is over the Christmas period, or if they've got a birthday that falls in the winter,'

says Rachael Waite, childcare manager for Snowline/VIP. 'But you just open your curtains and if it's a clear blue sky and you've had fresh snow, nothing can beat that.'

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