Today we went for a morning walk around the town and shopped at the best outdoors store on the planet. It puts MEC to shame! Then we picked up some picnic supplies.....baguette, cheese, sausage, fruit and wine. After loading up we headed for a gondolla ride up to the Aguille du Midi. Amazing ascent with a spectacular view of Mont Blanc. You can actually take a gondola down the other side to Courmayer, Italy, but we decided to stay in France today. We ate out lunch at the summit before heading back down in the gondola.
Once back down, we found a trail that we had spotted from the gondolla and decided to stretch our legs a bit in preparation for the mountains of Switzerland. Part way through out hike we discovered and old ski jump...possibly a remnant from the winter Olympics which took place in Chamonix a number of years ago.
Then it was back to the hotel to relax for a bit before wondering out for an authentic French dinner. Salad, escargot, fondue, chocolate mousse, and some local wine....a great way to end the day.
Here are a few pics from our journey so far:
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Hotel in Chamonix
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| View of Mont Blanc from balcony |
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| Typical scenery |
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| I think they went that way! |
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| Aguille du Midi - we took a gondola up there |
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| Aguille du Midi top left - Mont Blanc on right |
