TMB (Tour du Mont Blanc) Trail

Numerous years of dreaming and 1 year of planning. As per Laurie's wish we are tackling the famous TMB - Tour de Mont Blanc Trail, and doing it somewhat "in style" as we engaged Mac Adventures & booked their Extended TMB in Huts tour (13 days) Read more

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July 3, 2024
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Day 1
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 9:45 AM
☀️ 75 °F
Altitude: 62 ft
United States Trenton 40.219008, -74.7547640°13’8” N 74°45’17” W
Trenton Transit Center
July 3, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Once more a private Limo driver named Barry kindly took me (and now Laurie as well) to Trenton where we are taking NJ Tansit to EWR
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 12:18 PM
☀️ 82 °F
Altitude: 59 ft
United States Newark Liberty International Airport 40.698192, -74.17873540°41’53” N 74°10’43” W
Chilling at UA lounge in EWR
July 3, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
The trip was a breeze. TSA Prev was fast, and here we are relaxing for 4 hours ...
The plane is on time and the sky is blue 😁
TravelerHave a great trip! I'll be following you on here. 😊
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TravelerBon Voyage!!
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TravelerMerci beacoup Msr.Matt 😆
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Day 2
Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 7:48 AM
⛅ 57 °F
Altitude: 1,434 ft
Switzerland GVA-Cornavin Train Station 46.231014, 6.10939146°13’52” N 6°6’34” E
Le petit déjeuner au GVA
July 4, 2024 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
This was an absolute piece of cake!
The plane took off on time, arrived early, took us about 5 minutes to go through Passport Control and since now we have to wait almost 2 hours for our bus we are enjoying 2 café au Lait avec Chocolate Croissant 😋

Welcome to Switzerland!

Ready to board our bus to ChamonixRead more
TravelerWhat a great photo! Laurie, you take the best photos. :)
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TravelerNo no.. I take the best photos - she is the best subject of them 🫠😉
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TravelerHo Ho. Very Funny.
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Day 2
Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 12:09 PM
☀️ 64 °F
Altitude: 3,356 ft
France Lac des Gaillands 45.915817, 6.84983545°54’57” N 6°50’59” E
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Vert Lodge
July 4, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
We made it to Chamonix! 😁👍
This is our hotel for tonight, but we are switching our lieu de résidence every day...
The ride was beautiful, especially when we started glimpsing Mont Blanc and obviously we are still looking at it

Our room is very basic but we do have a mountain view 🫠😉Read more
Traveler Beautiful
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TravelerWhat a picturesque hotel!
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Typical Swiss challe [Marina Bleimaier]
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TravelerYes it is and quite charming
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Day 2
Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 4:40 PM
☀️ 70 °F
Altitude: 3,409 ft
France Chamonix 45.920245, 6.86674745°55’13” N 6°52’0” E
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Litte exploring and little dinner
July 4, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
We dropped our stuff at the hotel and did some small running around getting couple more supplies for the hike and lining up touristy stuff for upcoming days.
All the while the White Mountain is looking at us from above.... the views are absolutely stupendous!
We decided to stop for some grub and had us some Blonde du Guard beer (made in France) chased down by yummy (local ) cheese and bacon quiche (moi)..which looks more like pizza... and chicken burger with Chinese cabbage and red chimichurri (L)Read more
Traveler Eat up Bilbo, you'll need your strength
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Good to power up before your hike! [Nancy Necker]
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 8:40 AM
☀️ 63 °F
Altitude: 3,356 ft
France Lac des Gaillands 45.91576, 6.849645°54’57” N 6°50’59” E
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une belle matinée à Chamonix
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Of course, last night, we were down and out as soon as we hit the bed.
This morning, we ligered in bed a little, then are a plain breakfast of baguette with jam (I also had some salami and cheese) little croissant, juices, and café au Lait
Then we took a leisurely walk to and around Lac des Gaillands, which was 5 minutes away from the hotel.
We enjoyed it a lot and also watched a bunch of rock climbers go through their training routines.Read more
TravelerI loved your serene morning videos! What a beautiful trail! (But I'm glad you're taking a bus.)
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TravelerAsk and Ye shall have more ❤️
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Gorgeous views! ❤️ [Marina Bleimaier]
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 11:41 AM
☀️ 72 °F
Altitude: 3,389 ft
France Chamonix 45.922577, 6.87002745°55’21” N 6°52’12” E
Streets of Chamounix
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We checked out from the hotel and walked about 2km to out Hotel du Jour, where we stored our luggage until the check-in time and just happily walked around little streets of Chamounix
You can check out all about the town here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamonix
The monument is to Horace de Saussure (a very famous Alps Explorer) with Jaques Balmat (mountaineer and guide of Chamounix Valley)
The other monument is to Michel Gabriel Paccard, a Chamounix native, who had a first, unsuccessful attempt to climb Mont Blancin 1783 with Marc Theodore Bourrit. In 1784, he made several attempts with Jacques Balmat before they made the first ascent of Mont Blanc together on 8 August 1786.
Of course there are flowers, but no door we saw were worthy of a picture...Read more
TravelerWhat a lovely town! Love the monuments to the mountain climbers -- and your descriptions which add such depth.
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Travelerall the blooms and peaks!
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 11:47 AM
☀️ 73 °F
Altitude: 3,399 ft
France Chamonix 45.923107, 6.87013545°55’23” N 6°52’12” E
Chamounix 2
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
More beautiful flowers
Rive Arne
Reformed Church of France (Eglise Réformée Arve Mont-Blanc)
Chamounix Train Station
The Monument aux Morts memorial commemorates the residents of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc who gave their lives in the WWI, WWII as well as the wars in Indochina (1946-1954) and Algeria (1954-1962).Read more
TravelerWhat great photos of the Reformed Church of France. And what beautiful flowers.
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 12:05 PM
☀️ 73 °F
Altitude: 3,392 ft
France Chamonix Mont-Blanc Railway Station 45.923142, 6.87207345°55’23” N 6°52’19” E
Yummy Dinner at Restaurant Josephine
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Decided to do it European style and had a dinner more orcless during "our lunch time"
The food was very good and the salad simply outstanding 👌
TravelerWhat is an orcless dinner? (For that matter. what would a dinner WITH orcs be like?)
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TravelerWhat IS an "orcless dinner?" May I ask as well
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TravelerAh!!!! Git it! it's an AI's rendition of " or less".. more or less... now it makes sense 👍
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TravelerAI gives me the heebejeebees. 😖
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TravelerYou and me for sure
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 1:59 PM
⛅ 75 °F
Altitude: 3,379 ft
France Chamonix 45.918647, 6.86985545°55’7” N 6°52’11” E
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Aiguille du Midi
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ⛅ 75 °F
The Aiguille du Midi (French pronunciation: [eɡɥij dy midi], "Needle at midday") is a 3,842-metre-tall (12,605 ft) mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly accessed by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc.
Remember, we play tourists today, so...😁

Laurie actually bowed out after the 1st cable car took us to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2,317 m (7,602 ft)
I went further up the upper station at 3,777 m.
Check out the info at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiguille_du_Midi and especially the section about the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du MidiRead more
TravelerI think I would be with Laurie. That cable car seems pretty high up. (Stunning views, though)
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TravelerIt is. So, while up there, I chatted with a French couple, and the lady (Catherine) told me she was afraid as well. However, in a true French way she conquered that fear by fortifying herself avec 3 verres de vin rouge 😁
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TravelerWhat a great idea!
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 3:21 PM
⛅ 50 °F
Altitude: 11,850 ft
France Aigu du Midi Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway Station 45.877375, 6.88794345°52’39” N 6°53’17” E
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At the top
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
... well almost...
To begin with, even in summer, temperatures in the open viewing areas can fall to −10 °C (14 °F), and I definitely was feeling the cold the higher i was going.
Then, of course, there is hypoxia... and I was feeling it too so I just decided against the Summit and did some exploring on the level I was in.
You can see "The Needle,"
the Alpine Climbers coming in after a hike,
The mini ice tunnels
If you zoom in the photo with cables (R3 pic 1( you will see folks camping in that snow... it is ABSOLUTELY SURREAL!!!
I actually could've spent almost 3 hours there; but I didn't want to leave Laurie alone for that long of time, so I came back probably after 1.5 hoursRead more
TravelerWOW! The PHOTOS are surreal!
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TravelerOne of those WOW moments of life when one goes "I cannot believe I'm here!!"
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Traveler What is the temperature there by the snow?
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TravelerIt didn't feel too cold, but probably around 30. The winds were whipping up at about 20km/hr so it felt colder.
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 4:26 PM
⛅ 64 °F
Altitude: 7,513 ft
France Les Favrands 45.901305, 6.88571745°54’5” N 6°53’9” E
Lac Bleu
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Laurie meanwhile decided to hike to Lac Bleu (The Blue Lake) a beautiful crystal clear mountain lake with plenty of gorgeous blueberry flowers and wild life (she told me she did see a marmot (sort-of a large ground squirrel living in the arwa) but she tried to get too close for a photo and of course got none...
She was enjoying her time by the lake anyway when I descended from the top and went on the trail after a text exchange clued me ax to her whereabouts
Afterwards it was amusing and interesting to see where we were in relationship to other famous mountains of the WorldRead more
TravelerYour photos leave me breathless! What beauty. And you don't seem jammed with other tourists.
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TravelerWell most of the tourists go up to Aiguille du Midi and not on little hikes. We did meet some folks on the trail though. Thank you as always for the compliments on photos
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Day 3
Friday, July 5, 2024 at 5:54 PM
☁️ 73 °F
Altitude: 3,438 ft
France Chamonix 45.920795, 6.86624845°55’15” N 6°51’58” E
2nd Hotel du Jour
July 5, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 73 °F
Unquestionably a huge step up from last night.
I initially booked it when we thought we were staying only 1 dayand I scored an unbelievable deal for it - about $30.00 a night...then when we changed the itinerary to 2 they were all sold out (hence last night's humble lodgings)
This place is plush and even offers a free spa with sauna, pool, track, and gym (all included) with massage being optional services 😀
Our room has a balcony overlooking part of Chamonix and Argentière mountains

Although the initial thought was to clean up after a full day of activities and then go out we decided that it was more prudent to take care of our feet in anticipation of the big hike still to come so we are staying in.

Bon nuit l'Enfants la Patrie..🌙😴Read more
Traveleralways a good call to take care of your feet! 🦶 💚
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Day 4–6
July 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM - July 8, 2024
2 nights
☁️ 57 °F
Altitude: 3,432 ft
France Chamonix 45.920613, 6.86570245°55’14” N 6°51’57” E
2nd morning in Chamounix
Jul 6–8, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
A beautiful morning; waking up to birds chirping and breath of fresh mountain air coming from the balcony.

A breakfast is a mile away from the simple spread we had yesterday; I actually was a good boy and "reasonably behaved" and didn't make a full cochon of myself.Read more
TravelerI still say Laurie takes a great photo!
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Day 4
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 8:11 AM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 3,435 ft
France Chamonix Mont-Blanc Railway Station 45.922787, 6.87520845°55’22” N 6°52’31” E
Mer de Glace
July 6, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Today is a tough day. Rains and later on thunderstorms are supposed to roll into the area.
We are off to see the Mer de Glace and Ice Caves in Montenvers early in the morning and then try to make our move to Les Houches before stuff is happening...

MONTENVERS SEA OF ICE
Montenvers - Sea of Ice
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THE MONTENVERS TRAIN, A TRUE LEGEND
Inaugurated in 1910 by the President of the Republic Armand Fallières, this little train which takes visitors from the centre of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc to the Montenvers site is a real institution.

A RARITY TO DISCOVER
The cogwheel trains run on slopes of more than 9%, and there are 5 of them in France. This makes the Montenvers Train a unique experience not to be missed. Climbing into one of its carriages is an extraordinary and dizzying journey. You will feel like you are going back in time in its retro-looking cars.
The 5.1 kilometers of travel between Chamonix-Mont-Blanc and the Montenvers site take place on the mountainside. After a 20-minute climb, you will have arrived at the terminus at an altitude of 1913 meters! The view of the Drus, the Grandes Jorasses and the Grands Charmoz is breathtaking.

A REFLECTION OF ITS TIME
The Montenvers Train has been improved as railway technology has evolved. While the original locomotives were steam powered, they are now electric, but one thing has never changed: the rack. This gear designed to ensure the train's grip on steep tracks has remained the most suitable technique for the route!
When it was created, the train consisted of open and closed carriages, with no distinction of class indicated on the carriages. Indeed, the wealthiest people were seated depending on the weather conditions, in the sun or sheltered from the rain!
Quickly after its creation, the Montenvers Train became one of the main attractions of the Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Valley. Going so far as to welcome more than a million passengers per year in high season in the 1990s.

By taking the Montenvers Train, you will rub shoulders with many mountaineers who use it to leave or return from their mountain races.
And if you are lucky enough to chat with the driver, you will be able to learn more about the secrets of this legendary train.
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TravelerWhat beautiful scenery! And I love it that you're not "mobbd" by other tourists. Are they all in Paris for the Olympics?
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Traveler😆 ask me if I care, why don't you 😇. To be fair this was still early in the morning
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Day 4
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 8:54 AM
☁️ 57 °F
Altitude: 6,325 ft
France Le Montenvers 45.931965, 6.91761345°55’55” N 6°55’3” E
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Mer de Glace 2
July 6, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
The Mer de Glace ("Sea of Ice") is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. It is 7.5 km long and 200 metres (660 ft) deep but, when all its tributary glaciers are taken into account, it can be regarded as the longest and largest glacier in France, and the second longest in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier.

That said, it receded pretty bad; I've seen some photos from 1911 or so where it would've been much closer to the viewing platform
There was a guide there who told us that at some point, the ice was 300 meters deep (it's about 30 now) by the platform while still 300m at that back side.
But you can still see some blue ice in little crevices below (row 1 photo 4)

After marveling at this nature phenomenon (or what's left of it), we took the gondola down to Ice CavesRead more
Traveler I would not be able to do that
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TravelerIt was actually very gentle; not as fast as it seems and hardly any sway. It was a different story on a Telepherique yesterday 🤪
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TravelerAs one who is not fond of heights, I would have a problem with this. 🫣
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TravelerAs an old Russian saying goes - Those who are born to walk cannot fly 😁
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Day 4
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 9:12 AM
☁️ 55 °F
Altitude: 5,909 ft
France Le Montenvers 45.928553, 6.92024845°55’43” N 6°55’13” E
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The Ice Caves
July 6, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
The Ice Grotto/Cave
A small cable car allows visitors to descend from the train station onto the Mer de Glace glacier where they can enter a man made ice grotto. The ice grotto is cut into the living glacier.

The grotto has to be dug out every summer since the glacier moves about 70m every year.

Access is via 430 steps on both the outward and return walk from the top of the glacier gondola lift.

Ice sculptures and caves are inside, under the glacier. The Gallery of Crystals features a collection of the finest crystal specimens in the Mont Blanc massif.

Needless to say it's a very popular spot for AlpinistsRead more
TravelerAmazing!
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TravelerIt's like Laurie kept on saying "it's not real " 😊
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TravelerBeautiful! I love the blue ice.
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TravelerThe thing is when you look at it up close it is transparent
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Day 4
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 9:28 AM
☁️ 55 °F
Altitude: 5,912 ft
France Le Montenvers 45.927037, 6.9226945°55’37” N 6°55’22” E
Ice Caves 2
July 6, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
It's hard to see, but photo 2 with Laurie is a sculpture carved like a fireplace, and the next one with me has a diamond in the middle of that "wall"
Ice caves looked like a great experience! [Harvey]
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TravelerHi Harvey! It was amazing!!
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Day 4
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 12:50 PM
☁️ 64 °F
Altitude: 3,264 ft
France La Griaz 45.895085, 6.80333345°53’42” N 6°48’12” E
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Les Houches
July 6, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
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? 😁)Read more
TravelerCool door!
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Traveler Knock knock
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TravelerMethinks a goblin lives there
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Day 4
Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 6:06 PM
☁️ 63 °F
Altitude: 3,219 ft
France La Griaz 45.895687, 6.80283545°53’44” N 6°48’10” E
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Dinner
July 6, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
..that started with pre-dinner aperitif (which, of course, is self-explanatory redundant 😉) in the bar.
Local Mont Blanc bier pour moi and vin Rouge pour Mme

I couldn't believe the size of that menu, so I had to look at it through Le Telescope

And as big of a menu as we were offered, we opted for Raclette, a local regional dish which came with salad and charcuterie .
Raclette (/rəˈklɛt/, French: [ʁaklɛt] ⓘ) is a dish of Swiss origin, also popular in the other Alpine countries (France, Germany, Austria), based on heating Raclette cheese and scraping off the melted part, then typically served with boiled potatoes.
Check out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raclette

We finished the dinner off with
Orange Blissom Crème Brule (Mme) and
Chocolat Fondant (moi)

We also found another door for Nancy Ish.

Still raining, so we just going to retire to our chambre and get good rest for tomorrow

La nuit je deviens fou, je deviens fouRead more
TravelerLooks delicious, especially the desserts!
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TravelerFood looks amazing, and I like the doors as well. Then again, I take pictures of flowers everywhere, so--
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TravelerNot to worry, flowers will be coming up although my 35mm SLR stayed home, and I can't work the macro properly with the phone camera, so usually they are not great ...but nonetheless
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Day 5
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 6:31 AM
🌫 52 °F
Altitude: 3,255 ft
France La Griaz 45.895238, 6.80354845°53’43” N 6°48’13” E
Morning in Les Houches
July 7, 2024 in France ⋅ 🌫 52 °F
Rather a cloudy morning with some drizzle continued from last night
We fortified ourselves with some yummy breakfast and checked ourselves out ready to tackle our first day of the adventure 😀

Let the (Hunger) Games begin - so would say Stanley Tucci

We are at the official Starting Point of TMB.
Still drizzling so the rain gear is outRead more
TravelerAlways have a good breakfast!
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TravelerNeed protein for these types of outings
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Day 5
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 9:17 AM
☁️ 50 °F
Altitude: 5,869 ft
France Col de Voza 45.873741, 6.77066545°52’25” N 6°46’14” E
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Bellevue Telepherique and Col de Voza
July 7, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
So we cut off a couple of kilometers and some time by utilizing Bellevue Telepherique instead of hiking from Les Houches Centre up the mountain
Here we did our Cerene Foggy video of the morning, which, of course, is quite foggy
However the drizzle stopped soon thereafter and the fog also started lifting by the time we reached Col de Voza - an Alpine pass at 1,657 m
It is located in the west of the Mont Blanc massif , on a ridge line descending from the Aiguille du Goûter to the southeast towards the confluence of the Arve and the Bon Nant to the northwest . The pass is directly surrounded by the Tête de la Charme to the west and the Bellevue plateau to the east, dominating the valley of the Bionnassay torrent and the hamlet of the same name to the south and the Arve valley at Les Houches to the north.

We saw some black cows and met Princess BeaRead more
Traveler What a beautiful, serene morning video. Thank you!
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TravelerWhat beautiful views! And I loved your foggy morning video.
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Traveler Cows... I had this love-hate thing with cows in Bavaria.
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Day 5
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 9:28 AM
☁️ 55 °F
Altitude: 3,793 ft
France Les Contamines-Montjoie 45.821847, 6.72632745°49’19” N 6°43’35” E
Les Contamines
July 7, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
After a couple of little ups and downs, we finally came into Les Contamines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Contamines-Mo…) and checked into out abode Hotel Christiania.
Our little room
View from the window

After cleanup and little rest, we had anice dinner, which consisted of a choice between vegetable soup and l'escargots (no need to tell who had what here, right? 😊), a porch chop with pasta and vegetables and a cheesecake ( sorry, disappeared rather fast, so no picture)Read more
TravelerThis is a wonderful photo of you, Allan!!
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TravelerSee, now, Laurie took that one 🙂
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TravelerThe food is looking significantly hardier-- more hardy? Good. You'll need it.
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Travelersnails look yummy 🤤 and I second that is a frame-able photo of you in your element!
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Day 5
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 10:36 AM
☁️ 55 °F
Altitude: 4,400 ft
France Le Champel 45.86514, 6.75641345°51’55” N 6°45’23” E
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Bionnassay
July 7, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Took a nice break at Bionnassay - a high-altitude hamlet in France located in Haute-Savoie , in the commune of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains , in a small side valley to the Val Montjoie , at an altitude of 1,330 metres. It is located at the foot of the Tête de la Charme and the Col de Voza to the north and Mont Vorassay to the south.

Drank yummy café au Lait and met some rather large rabbits.
Also passed a small chapel on exit from the hamletRead more
Traveler Finally need the sunglasses
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TravelerYeah... it git nice and sunny 🌞
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Traveler La vie en rose
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TravelerQuand il me prend dans ses bras Il me parle tout bas
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Day 5
Sunday, July 7, 2024 at 11:41 AM
☁️ 54 °F
Altitude: 4,229 ft
France Le Champel 45.863392, 6.7581345°51’48” N 6°45’29” E
La Vilette
July 7, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
After crossing Riv Arne we cameout into a clearing an soon had a fast brake at La Vilette - another little hamlet known for its fountain where hikers can replenish their water supply
Soon after we came across this little monument but little verse aside, it makes no sense to me, esp the 1600-1900 part
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TravelerYou both look so rested and happy! This looks like a really great vacation.
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Travelergreat pictures of you two!
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