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Abba to Zappa guest columnist James Blunt reveals how he enjoyed some Apres-ski in Switzerland for Christmas and New Year - "It basically revolved around beer drinking too much beer .." - And what about hotels in favor of an approach avoids the old school buses on tour in the UK was ...

Christmas and New Year have been skiing in Verbier, Switzerland, had just awful. The last six months have been promoting non-stop - no, two weeks, leaving painfully - from Australia to Mexico, Europe, Japan, USA and played with Duran Duran in Dallas. I was there with friends and family - my sisters and my parents - and the weather was actually with them that I would not only make great gifts.

I was lucky, I've added a child to ski and when I was in the Army taught me how to race the Swiss former ski instructors Olympic team jumping - an incredible opportunity. So I can just go down the slopes. Après-ski party melted it with the eighties cliche of Switzerland, for me it turned out to drink beer mostly unchanged. Lots of beer.

Now I'm back on the road tour, which was in Glasgow, began Jan. 9. The Scottish public have fun! We usually do not stay in hotels - they are still a bit of luxury. Instead, a bus, traveling with a little bit like a house on wheels. We all have our own bed, and they are all exactly the same - we are very friendly and the crew, so there is nothing more for me.

After each performance, usually behind the scenes after the party, and then for two hours or three hours when the manager of the tour takes us, we get on the bus and run with another drink. Then the dream. We wake up in another city and go on the scales. There is not much time for cultural activities, but we could try to squeeze in football.

After the UK, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, Japan and China, South Africa, and - if the wheels do not fall - with the exception of South America. Rest of the year! But you know, people in the industry to take things too seriously when it's really fun. It's really not the hardest job in the world