La Plagne En Residences

... in terms of getting free wine in the chalet so far so got pretty drunk - went out to a bar which had opened up specially for us lot and got pretty hammered. it closed at 12 so went back to the chalet and finished off the rest of the wine.

did our food hygiene level 2 today, sitting in a bar now having a few beers, still snowing a little bit. got cleaning training tomorrow...... hmmm....

anyway, enough for now - will try and update towards the end ...

... 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 ...

... places that were dead I decided to
head to the Sports Bistro and have a beer and see how my appetite
was. The bar was like the local Cheers bar as many groups of friends
were hanging out. One thing I have noticed in Chamonix, there are
many dogs, and perhaps more Golden Retrievers than I have seen in one
location in Europe. It is also not unusual to see the dogs with
their owners in bars and restaurants and the Sports Bistro was no
exception. When I entered ...

... The LAN-DTW flight was late, but I had a 3 hour
layover in Detroit, so it did not affect me. I arrived in Detroit
and went to the Delta Sky Club (formerly the Northwest World Club..no
longer in existence due to the merger) and had a couple of beers
awaiting the flight to Amsterdam. The flight to Amsterdam was
uneventful, although as usual I did not get any sleep on the flight,
and we arrived in time at 5:55 am, giving me time for my 7:10 am
flight ...

... it doesnt look like a cleanup is happening, rather just a slowing down to go through it. Its getting quite late although the GPS says that will be there by 7pm. We are paying for a few tolls, but the mountain views are worth it. We can see Mont Blanc and the glacier that is on the next mountain ans we wind our way through the outskirts on Chamonix, our GPS knows where out hotel is..which is in the middle of town. You can tell this place is a massive ski resort in the winter and the ...

... half bottle of wine at dinner, so realistically, we barely drank anything. I told them we had 1 glass of wine each at dinner ( to make things simple), but they still made Jon blow into this gimmicky balloon and it showed that Jon was over the 0.025 limit. That kind of freaked us out, because we had no idea that the limit was a lot more strict in France. So they say that Jon needs to go back to the station with them to do a real ...

As we were next to the Alps, we decided to go trekking around Chamonix for a couple of days, and get some fresh mountain air. Nats felt at home as the place we stayed in Chamonix was the exact same as where she stayed 4 years ago when she came skiing here!!

We were very lucky wih the weather on the first day, and the views over the mountain range was magnificent. We walked from Vallorcine up to the lac ...

My main goal for the little trip was 'The tour de France' in Annecy. But before heading home I couldn't resist to go to Chamonix. Being so close to the highest mountain in Europe I had to go there. So I did. It was early morning when I was there. Not crowded (yet).

... the mountain, which resulted in a semi search party, and everyone else splitting up in order to find everyone else. After a couple of hours, and a clear sign that the two way radios were not to be 100% relied on, everyone managed to get back together, only for Rhett and Koos to desert us on the slopes to spend the rest of the afternoon in the pub watching rugby and football. Priorities boys, PRIORITIES!!! Come the end of day 2 on the slopes and I just didn't know ...

... 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.