Mercure Chamonix Centre

... control recently has broken down, this was the perfect sign to follow, where I planed to cross the border to Switzerland.<br><br>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. <br><br>BIENVENUE EN SUISSE - WELCOME TO SWITZERLAND

... pictures and updating my blog. The grading system here is tough compared to what I'm used to but I will adjust. The company I am consulting for is interested in expanding to the U.S. and has us conducting market research for key demographics. Its a nice change of pace from school work, there's little structure and its almost entirely self regulating. Its a welcomed increase of freedom as well as responsibility.<br><br>That's all I've got for now friends, until next time.<br><br>Eddie<br>

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

<br>French Alps 2009<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>I will start by bringing<br>everyone up to date as to what my travels have been since the summer<br>trip to France and the Isle of Guernsey. Charlie and I traveled to<br>the island of Majorca off the coast of Spain in the middle of<br>September. I did not blog as internet access was limited and when I<br>travel with Charlie, there is little time to take a break and put my<br>thoughts on the netbook. We had a wonderful time 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&#8217;t rent anything anywhere. I think everyone closes up shop and goes out to play... sweet jobs.<br><br>http://picasaweb.google.co m/Jonny.D.Lawrence/7AroundTheWorldChamo nix?authkey=Gv1sRgCPGlpbm6oq3dywE&amp;f eat=directlink<br>

... was also the best trip we have ever taken as a family. We spent the nights curled up in pubs with well deserved beers, and the days making sure Mom didn't kill herself. <br><br>Last year, my father became fixated on another walk - the Tour de Mont Blanc. It's a 120 mile loop around the Mt Blanc Massif. It is, to be fair, shorter than the Coast to Coast, so I suppose that's why he thought we might all be able to do it uninjured ...

There wasn't much chance that our itinerary wasn't going to make it to Chamonix a skiing and adventuring capital. Wow what a spectacular place! We arrived late in the afternoon after having to drive the long way as the main road was closed due to a land slide. Long but very pretty winding our way up and down through the mountains. We headed straight into town to get some info and plan the next day. After a bit of wandering we stopped off in a local pub for ...

Chamonix is a town of only about 10,000 but is packed almost year round with serious adventure seekers. Skiers, snowboarders, rock climbers, hikers, and general adrenaline junkies. (on a side note, they also have a seemingly endless supply of cheese and salami shops. See pictures, we had to indulge, fuel to burn off climbing mountains or something). Chamonix and its claim to fame, Mont Blanc, has no shortage of ways to get your juices pumping. Mont Blanc is ...

The reason I went to France was to go skiing at chamonix/Mont Blanc, which i did and it was fantastic and i will be doing again very soon before i get tied up.. while i was there i did the world famous ski run Valley de blanche you ski over a glacier. which is amazing, the veiws you get on theis run are spectacular. definately take a camera.<br>to start this run however you take a gondola up to the summit of Aguille de medie (i'm unsure of the correct ...

... through the tunnel that links Chamonix and the Italian Aosta region; destination: Turin. It was only a 2hour drive and spent the day wandering around, eating some amazing pizza and playing frisbee in the park. But the higlight really had to be the gelati! Genuine home-made Italian Gelati! Is there anything that beats it? The other 4 hadn't been to Italy before and it was just so cool to see them eat their first spoonfuls and watch the look of sheer esctacy ...