Trenton Transit Center
3 июля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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
Chilling at UA lounge in EWR
3 июля 2024 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ ☀️ 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 😁
Le petit déjeuner au GVA
4 июля 2024 г., Швейцария ⋅ ⛅ 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 areЧитать далее
Vert Lodge
4 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 andЧитать далее
Litte exploring and little dinner
4 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 isЧитать далее
une belle matinée à Chamonix
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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)Читать далее
Streets of Chamounix
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 checkЧитать далее
Chamounix 2
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 ofЧитать далее
Yummy Dinner at Restaurant Josephine
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☀️ 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 👌
Aiguille du Midi
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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 touristЧитать далее
At the top
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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,Читать далее
Lac Bleu
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 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-ofЧитать далее
2nd Hotel du Jour
5 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 changedЧитать далее
2nd morning in Chamounix
6–8 июл. 2024, Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 goodЧитать далее
Mer de Glace
6 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 ourЧитать далее
Mer de Glace 2
6 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 itsЧитать далее
The Ice Caves
6 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 livingЧитать далее
Ice Caves 2
6 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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"
Les Houches
6 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 - LesЧитать далее
Dinner
6 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 thatЧитать далее
Morning in Les Houches
7 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ 🌫 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 😀
LetЧитать далее
Bellevue Telepherique and Col de Voza
7 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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,Читать далее
Les Contamines
7 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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
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Bionnassay
7 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofЧитать далее
La Vilette
7 июля 2024 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 weЧитать далее























































































































































































































































































