Residence Ciel Et Logis Chamonix

Destination 405<br><br>km197'555<br><br>Not entirely shure, if I spend my last day in a foreign country, I head towards north. A stopover at Novi Ligure provides me finally the opportunity to send a notification to all family and friends about my remaining itinerary before return back home. The date has been fixed to the 29.<br>The ride up to Vercelly in the low lands was not that exciting like the sighting of the mountain of Mont Blanc in the far. Since my ...

Rainy and cold has replaced sunny and warm in France but it has not curbed ambitions... Well, I guess any ambition to exercise has been exhausted but we saw that one coming.<br><br>Travel is still high priority. Last week the GEP cohort was treated to a day trip to Mt. Blanc in Chamonix. A three hour bus ride west took us into the steep peaked, deep valley-ed Rhône-Alpes. The landscapes only got more impressive as we wove through the valleys and eventually reached the base of Mt. Blanc. We ...

... worn out.<br><br><br><br>Friday<br><br><br>< br>Friday turned out to be a<br>****** day and the clouds were hanging in the mountains just above<br>the city buildings, so therefore I knew that sightseeing would be<br>wasted effort. I got up lazily and went down to the reception to<br>read the International Herald Tribune and around noon headed downtown<br>to see what was happening. I did some shopping (it had to be dreary<br>out for me to do some shopping) and then was getting hungry ...

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

... 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>

... skin. He and Mom have turned this into a tour of Mt Blanc's public transit systems, and they're quite the experts. Dad and I have managed to muddle through, not least to preserve the reputations we achieved on the Coast to Coast as the most unlikely of finishers, though we began cheating on the downhills two days ago, and have since taken minor warnings of storms as reasons to cancel any possibility of taking a high route. <br ...

... faces turned to laughter as they recognised that all was well. We got off at the top of the first gondola and made our way to the next one to take us up to the top. As we were waiting we spied through the clouds the peak and looked a bit surreal, as the chimney is sitting on top of a rock. We get to the top of the second gondola, and as we go out, the smack of cold air drew shivers. We looked at each other, smiled and quickly put our winter jackets on. We ...

... but only 2 degrees at the top. The cable car trip is in two segments. You must change cars (and cables) about half way. We took it to the top and explored the views for a while. They have this whole complex of lookouts, a café and a shop up there. We were climbing a couple flights of stairs and we were both a little winded and out of breath. Any type of physical exertion up that high takes a little more effort it seems. On the way back down we only took ...

... 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.<br>this run's length depends on how much snow they get. but it took my group about half the day.<br>I loved it. I stayed in a very confortable motel as well. everything was great.<br>Definately do it.<br>

... in the lake itself. I'd suggested that once we get to the lake we take a quick dip, but on arriving we saw that the lake was full of snow and ice and our resolve to take a cold swim quickly vanished. We had a look around and then headed back to town to party!!! Day 8: So that's what chairlifts are for! I got a text from Mary saying they were back at the drop off point so we put the bikes on the van and headed up. The drop off point was the ski resort Le Tour ...