We are sitting here in the sun next to the Office de Tourisme in Chamonix, France writing this to you. It is a free connection and the number of travellers here sitting around in the sun is great to see. We are all frantically checking emails, blogging and calling home on Skype.
On Saturday, after an hour and a half delay our Easyjet flight finally took of to Geneva. We thought we might miss our connection from Geneva to Chamonix but it appears that others were running late as well.
What can I say about the countryside and Chamonix but magnificent. The mountains are as spectacular as the South Island yet more accessible. What I mean from this is that you can climb, ski, walk, mountain bike, ice climb etc etc all with ease in this area. It caters for all levels of fitness and ability.
The favourite things so far – Mer de Glace and the train ride up to this glacier. The walk out to the glacier was nice but more spectacular was the ice cave carved into the ice. The cable car was stopped midday due to high winds so this meant quite a hike up to the top, but we did it!
Today, Monday was the trip up to Mont Blanc. The weather wasn’t looking that great but as we got higher we cleared the clouds and were on top of the world. Incredibly breathtaking.
The cable car up to Aiguille du Midi is well worth the 38 Euro. Tomorrow we head for Grenoble. Photos to be posted soon as this battery is about to run out.
Bon Journee.
p.s. finally got another internet connection although briefly so here are some shots so far…In addition to the above. We all suffered from altitude sickness in one form or another. Myself experiencing dizziness, shortness of breath, slight headache and a feeling of nearly passing out. Cool!