フランスAigu du Midi Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway Station45°52’39” N 6°53’17” E 2024年7月5日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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,もっと詳しく
フランスLes Favrands45°54’5” N 6°53’9” E
2024年7月5日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 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もっと詳しく
旅行者Your photos leave me breathless! What beauty. And you don't seem jammed with other tourists.
フランスChamonix45°55’15” N 6°51’58” E
2024年7月5日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
フランスChamonix45°55’14” N 6°51’57” E
2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
フランスChamonix Mont-Blanc Railway Station45°55’22” N 6°52’31” E
2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
フランスLe Montenvers45°55’55” N 6°55’3” E 2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
旅行者It was actually very gentle; not as fast as it seems and hardly any sway. It was a different story on a Telepherique yesterday 🤪
フランスLe Montenvers45°55’43” N 6°55’13” E 2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
フランスLe Montenvers45°55’37” N 6°55’22” E
2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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"
フランスLa Griaz45°53’42” N 6°48’12” E 2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
フランスLa Griaz45°53’44” N 6°48’10” E 2024年7月6日, フランス ⋅ ☁️ 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もっと詳しく
旅行者WOW! The PHOTOS are surreal!
旅行者One of those WOW moments of life when one goes "I cannot believe I'm here!!"
旅行者
What is the temperature there by the snow?
旅行者It didn't feel too cold, but probably around 30. The winds were whipping up at about 20km/hr so it felt colder.