Visit Date: Monday, 11th November, 2013
A group of assistants and I decided to take a trip over to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (also known simply as Chamonix). There were 9 of us so we took 2 cars, myself being one of the drivers. The drive was pretty fabulous, we got to drive through the valleys and the mountains and coming down from Chamonix the roads had a lot of twists and turns which made it all the more fun! We had a look around the town, although there wasn't a whole lot to do there. It's mostly a ski town with Mont-Blanc being right on the doorstep. There is a small train that goes up to a cave and a glacier, but the ticket costs 25€ and being a national holiday the cave was closed. We all decided it would be better to spend that 25€ another day when everything was open. Instead we met up with M's friend, J, and some of J's teachers, and we went on a walk through the woods. After that we went for a nice hot chocolate in a cute café and then headed home.
Chamonix hosted the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924 and is one of the oldest ski resorts in France, sometimes referred to as the "gateway to the European Cascades". The north side of the summit of Mont Blanc, and therefore the summit itself are part of the village of Chamonix. The altitude varies between995m and 4,810m, and while we were there the temperature at 2pm was 3○C, and it only got colder as night fell.
Our group of 9 |
The 6 of our group who went for the walk, plus J and 3 of his teachers |
Chamonix, Videos:
360○ View of the mountains as seen from Place du Mont-Blanc:
Us playing catch with a snowball:
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