Blogs from Chamonix, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 4

Well Jill thought Annecy was amazing - that was before she hit the Alps! Driving along these roads through the mountains, overlooking gorgeous french towns nestled in valleys. The towns were beautiful and were a mixture of French and Swiss influence in their style. Then as you turned a corner - there was a spectacular sight! Mt Blanc - snow topped! Jill had got her wish and saw a snow topped mountain (she had missed out with Mt Fuji!) Wow it was stunning - the sun shining on it, mountains, valleys, green woods - very majestic in deed! So we hit Chamonix... now there had been discussion about one night here then back to Annecy as it was so lovely. Well that idea was immediately dismissed when we hit Chamonix! As we were driving through the ... read more

Chamonix was THE town in France that I was looking forward too. In all the travel books I got my hands on, and Google pictures that I saw I was prepared to be amazed. It is a mountain town located in the Alps next to the highest peak, Mount Blanc. No big deal, right? Its supposed sister town is Aspen in Colorado, but Alps vs. Rockies… Alps win. Before arriving in Chamonix from Annecy we were all doing a little inner turmoil over the amount of money to be spent in taking a lift over the Alps into Italy. As the train brought us closer and closer we made our decision to bite the bullet. If it looked this beautiful from the ground it was sure to be mind blowing from the top, and that was ... read more

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 directions to Mer de Glace and we hopped on a train that took us straight up the side of the mountain. A lovely French man explained to us that the glacier is actually moving at ... read more

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. Wednesday we had the Boss des Bosses, an inter resort saisonnaires competition on the piste with music, barbecue and vin chaud ! Chamonix came second in the races and the party continued onto apres in ... read more

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 was really important for her to be somewhere beautiful and peaceful on March 12, rather than running around a city sightseeing. We found a cute little hotel in St Gervais and on our first night ... read more