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Lily_and_Ohad_Levy - Lily & Ohad Levy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 18 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=315377] | 2008-08-27 21:56:41
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By Lily_and_Ohad_Levy
August 25th 2008
August 25th 2008
"We Live in a Beautiful World"
Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
After 16 months off the road a short hop to the French Alps to the town of Chamonix, this time without Lily who chose to stay home... After a week of work in Germany, I took the weekend off and headed Chamonix at the foot of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe (4800m). After 6 hours cruise on superb German highways (viva la GPS!) I arrived a winding road climbing up a high mountain pass only to drop sharply into Chamonix valley. Quite a joy ride! I found a nice though basic hotel (Les Campanules - recommneded) and drove [View Full Entry]
By KimEngland
August 18th 2008
August 18th 2008
I Went INSIDE A GLACIER ... Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France
Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
After class today Marc and I decided to hop in the car and go on an adventure! We ended up in Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France. As border control was "closed" today it was easy to drive right across the border without a glance from the dark customs unit. We knew Mont Blanc was a famous mountain in the Alps but unfortunately, we were both pretty uneducated as to what it looked like or which mountain we were looking for. Alas, we came upon the town of Chamonix, a charming little village at the base of Mont Blanc. The tourist office gave us [View Full Entry]
KimEngland - Kim Sutherland | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 48 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=313666] | 2008-08-18 21:59:37
How do you get from sea level to the highest point in the Alps? Easy, miss your train to Nimes. So the plan was to head to Provence Thursday afternoon (friday class was cancelled). Wednesday we went to town and made our reservations for the high speed TGV train to Nimes. We had it written on a piece of paper, checked it on the lady's computer screen to confirm our reservation. Well, on the train to Paris from Rouen, we were looking at our tickets. Departure from Paris was at 11:30 for the TGV, not the 4:00 we thought we booked. [View Full Entry]
Charitos - Paul | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 24 Photo(s) | 4 Video(s) | [diary=292357] | 2008-06-27 15:43:46
By Getz
March 29th 2008
March 29th 2008
Chamonix and Mont Blanc, France it was -14' + VDO
Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
Geneve-Chamonix-Geneve driving 1 hr 30 mins Ticket is EUR38,00 includ ca when i got to Chmonix we booked for 12hrs30 for cable car but when we got there they said the weather was not very good ,too windy .we have to wait for next announcement if we lucky we can go up to Chamonix but every one were waiting for it ,they all came for ski,announcement is every 1 hour so we wait and we walked around in Chamonix City,it wasy small city but lots of shopping ,small canal. it was good to look around. and we went back to counter [View Full Entry]
Getz - getz | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 253 Photo(s) | 8 Video(s) | [diary=261739] | 2008-04-01 00:00:07
Salut ! Just 10 more days to go at my mountain home. I've been enjoying the last few fun filled weeks of the season and making the most of the sunloungers at Grand Montets for some browning & blonding action. Just when we thought spring was here and summer around the corner, winter has returned with a vengeance. We've had 50cms dump of snow over the weekend and Cham is a winter wonderland again. Friday the weather was so bad , we had to cancel our fondue night at the piste chalet and on Saturday the clouds were still looking ominous. [View Full Entry]
ang on tour - Angela Marshall | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 2 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=259335] | 2008-03-24 21:13:37
By Muno
March 16th 2008
March 16th 2008
Paul Gardner is a Weatherman, a Weatherman, a Weatherman
Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
After a quick flight across the channel we were met in Geneva by a very tanned Paul (Nick's cousin) - obviously he had been hard at work being a ski bum. We got to Argentiere, 15 mins beyond Chamonix, and made ourselves feel very welcome in Paul's new apartment by delving into the sauscisson, I resisted the chocolate cookies even though secretly I wanted one but I thought it polite and girly not to scoff all of Paul's food on the first day. We had a couple of beers and then rested our weary heads on the newly washed sheets - [View Full Entry]
Muno - Sally Evers & Nick Griffith | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 48 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=244466] | 2008-03-16 12:30:30
By Two Canadians Eh
March 12th 2008
March 12th 2008
Brought to You By Mastercard
Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
Train ride from Lyon to St Gervais: 75 Euros ... 3 nights accomadation in cute ski chalet: 288 Euros ... Ski rentals for 2 days: 120 Euros ... Lift tickets: 124 Euros ... Stale pasta and small bottle of water: 25 Euros ... Skiing sopping wet down a black diamond in the French Alps with a runny nose: priceless! Bienvenue back to France!!! Back when we got lost on our way to Geneva, we decided we'd skip Paris and spend time skiing instead, and promised ourselves we'd be back! It was also the 3 year anniversary for Kristena's mom, so it [View Full Entry]
Two Canadians Eh - Trevor and Kristena vs. The World | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 13 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=259088] | 2008-03-28 08:29:58
About a week ago we took a trip to the alps and Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.. We took the 6 hour midnight bus from Sevilla to Madrid, and since we already mastered the metro there in January, had no problem getting to the airport. We flew into Geneva, and were supposed to be taken by shuttle right away to Chamonix, but the company wasn´t there to meet us... we later got an email telling us they couldnt pick us up. It was very kind of them to let us know afterwards. #@!¬ The transfer we found didnt leave until much later so we had [View Full Entry]
egreen - Emily Green | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 1 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=255078] | 2008-03-14 18:58:06
By Wallace n Duckers
February 22nd 2008
February 22nd 2008
U.K, Paris and Chamonix (where the mountain wins...again!)
Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
Hey there gang, Well here I am in chamnix and it seems we have lived a lifetime since the last blog, so perhaps the best place is to begin at the end and work from there. So I find myself here in Chamonix, the famous ski town in the French Alps bordering France and Italy... and it's a cool place ! - but not literally, Wal and i think it might be the warmest place we've been since Hawaii which for me is very welcome. Some may say it's practically tropical here at the 5 degree mark ( mental note must [View Full Entry]
Wallace n Duckers - Georgie & Ian | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=248893] | 2008-02-22 11:40:56
It seems you just cant keep me away from the place..... I enjoyed my 11 days in Chamonix at Christmas/new year so much, I could not pass up the opportunity to return in February. (Actually, that is not quite true, I would have quite liked to check out another resort - it is just that Chamonix is so easy to get to - only just over an hour drive from Geneva airport.) This time my travel companion was a mate from work, Deano, who has not yet seen the light and is still a skier. Still, our standards are not that [View Full Entry]
Neddy - Neddy | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=260309] | 2008-04-27 21:24:04