Le Relais des 3 Stations Nancroix

... 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 ...

... was a Golden in the corner and then
a some kind of terrier arrived and they were introduced to each
other. Then about a half hour later, a Bernese Mountain dog made a
grand entrance, all 180 pounds of him. He immediately headed to the
open arms of the chef and assistant in the rear near the kitchen and
was slobbering over everyone. Next he was invited into the kitchen
for what I don't know, although my decision was now made about eating
dinner that evening. As I ...

... him
during my stay!!! Back to the room and then out for dinner at a very
nice restaurant near the town center. A lot of wood and cuckoo
clocks made up the ambiance and I had a nice meal of meat and cheese.
The French dining experience is like no other. In the finer
restaurants, they take the dining experience very seriously and they
turn meals with ordinary ingredients into something very special.
Back to the room to end up a
very full day.

... is already dropping here.
We finally arrive just after 7pm..a long day driving and I wish I felt comfortable enough to drive, if it was an automatic I wouldn't have a a problem. Too many variable with the manual and the wrong side of the road! The L'Oustelet is a cute hotel with only 15 rooms, and the lovely manageress looks at us blankly when we ask her about our reservations, no matter..she has room. Strange we had booked it on booking.com. Anyways, we go to our top ...

... and that if he fails, he will have to spend the night in jail. Awesome... So I wait with the car for about 20 min thinking crazy thoughts in my head.... Jon finally comes back and had only blown 0.007. The cops finally admit that the balloon is never accurate and yes, the construction is blocking the sign, so they didn’t even give us a ticket and told us we were lucky they liked Canadians! Still, it wasn't a fun ...

... So I was keeping an eye open for a policeman, and spotted a whole police station( or should I say Carabinieri)!! There must be one in there, we thought. And it's definitely worth stopping. We got a place to park (probably not very legal, but we were following the Italian rules of the road by now), grabbed our Landy Rally T shirts, and went on the hunt for points. It lookead bit locked up, but as we poked around the gate, a couple of people came ...

... from 1250 to 2360 meters in the morning, and then walked all the way back down to Chamonix. Wonderful views, but we were shattered in the evening, so we treated ourselves to a fondue savoyarde, mmmhhh!!

The next day was slightly shorter, but we still walked for 5 hours. We even did a bit of 'trail running' when we realised we were half way up the mountain and had a train to catch to get back to Geneva!!

... to do. We all had backpacks with food and water on our backs. The next day we went on a cable car which had four stops and went up to 3800 metres and it was absolutely amazing going up. It was so steep you wanted to sit down so that you couldn't see what was happening!!! We arrived at the top and went out onto a little balcony and saw huge mountains surrounding us. There was a peak on one of the mountains which they call the Giant's Tooth and ...

... 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.