Les Houches

When we returned to Chamounix, the rain started a steady slow drizzle, so we hightailed back to the hotel, grabbed our stuff, and took The Mont Blanc Express train to our next way point - Les Houches.
Try as we may, but the drizzle stayed with us, so the rain gear came out, and we walked about "a click" to our current abode Hotel du Bois.

Now about the village

Les Houches, located 6 km from Chamonix, is a ski resort with a domain that extends from an altitude of 950m up to 1900m. Long descents through tree-lined slopes are combined with impressive views of the Mont Blanc massif and the Chamonix valley.

Interestingly Les Houches is twinned with the Russian village Krasnaya Polyana (Russian: Кра́сная Поля́на) meaning "Red Meadow" - a suburb of city of Sochi and was chosen by the International Olympic Committee to assist in the organization of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

Les Houches is the starting- and finishing-point of the popular Tour du Mont Blanc, thus which is why we are here for tomorrow "boots and saddles " will sound, and we'll be tourists no more

While most Americans will call it Le Hooch or Hooches, we've heard variations of Hooge, Zhooge, and Zooge

French pronunciation: [le.z‿uʃ]; and Arpitan: Les Ouches or Les Oucies
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Go figure.

Just in case if you are wondering, apparently, there is nothing here to do, and it's raining, so we have done our final reconfiguration and preparation for tomorrow's walk and staying in.

This cute little chapel is next door to our hotel, but it was closed, so we couldn't get inFalls?

...AND A DOOR!!! (OK Nancy Isch? 😁)Les mer