De L'Union Orsieres

... supllient,
de les revivre, de revenir.

J'ai déjà hâte de commencer à travailler, je sais toujours pas si je travaille demain matin, la décision se prend ce soir vers 6h( midi pour vous). Sinon c'est reporté à vendredi prochain!! Ouin, je vais avoir le temps de découvrir Morzine à fonds. Haha!! J'aime bien ma chambre elle est assez spacieuse, mais ça fait surtout bizarre de défaire mon sac de découvrir tout ces bas seuls, tous ...

... control recently has broken down, this was the perfect sign to follow, where I planed to cross the border to Switzerland.

Just arrived in late afternoon to Aosta, I was not only already entered to the italian part of the alps but also to the point of good bye. Here I decided not to spend another night in Italy and crossed the border to my homecountry Switzerland a hour later at Calle del Gran San Bernardo.

BIENVENUE EN SUISSE - WELCOME TO SWITZERLAND

... a glimpse of a massive glacier on our way to the mountain and later got a great view from a peak further down the ridge. I saw a glacier this summer in Montana's Glacier Nat'l Park but I have to say that despite the parks breathtaking views, its glaciers were hardly impressive compared to Chamonix. This was a legit, man eating, climber scaling, cavernous abyss kind of glacier. We were able to take a gondola that ascended the peak parallel to the glacier some 12,000 feet. After nearly ...

... and stopped in the room for a break and to catch up
on the blog. I headed out for a beer on the square and then found an
Italian place highly regarded in the guide books. I sat at the bar
and had a nice meal of bruschetta and a ham and mushroom pizza and a
nice Rhine Reisling to accompany them. Things are quite slow this
time of year and there were only a few people in the restaurant, but
the service was good and the meal was also. Back to the room as I
was ...

... was awakened by the fire
alarm going off in the hallway. I got my shoes on and went down the
stairwell to the lobby floor. I was on the 3rd floor
(the 4th floor in the US) and did not want to be caught by
a fire. It turned out to be a false alarm and back to the room I
went. I gathered my stuff and headed off to the town center to see
what was happening. Chamonix was the birthplace of mountaineering as
it sits at the base of Mt. Blanc, the tallest mountain in ...

... for Jon... he said he was so nervous he forgot how to speak French. Anyway, the next day we wanted to go mountain biking but by the time we checked out, all the shops were closed from 12-3 and we couldn’t rent anything anywhere. I think everyone closes up shop and goes out to play... sweet jobs.

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Gryon est perché sur une montagne, entre Bex et Villars. Oncle Alain m'a appris que Villars est la place de prédilection de notre Jacques Villeuneuve. C'est de toute beauté!!!!! Mon auberge est un vrai chalet Suisse! Le plancher craque, les murs sont couverts de vieux objets et de photos de gens ayant passés par là. C'est très très "chalet Suisse". J'ai passé un séjour très relaxe à Gryon, je digérais encore mes aventures de Zermatt. Comme il a plut les 2 jours ...

... of the last word) but it is pronounced meadie, then when u get to the top ur guide will find you and will take you on a 150 ish metre walk along a norrow part of the peak to a place where you will be able to put ur skis on and get on down the hill.
this run's length depends on how much snow they get. but it took my group about half the day.
I loved it. I stayed in a very confortable motel as well. everything was great.
Definately do it.

A good thing to know about traveling Europe is that North Americans can get a really good discount on travel by obtaining a pass for the Eurail system here. These come in many denominations of days within 1, 2, or 3 months. For example, you can travel with what I bought-10 days within 2 months, or something similar within 1 or 3, OR you can buy an unlimited travel pass within 1, 2, or 3 months. The first pass cost me about 450 USD while the next one I purchase will be about 870 (2 ...

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Here is a video (sorry for the very bad quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=R5_9hODsqgs