Today we saw our best shot at good weather in the French Alps so we took our chances, got up at 530 and drove 250km to Chamonix. What a gamble!
First, the town is amazing - like retirement location amazing. Amd second was what we were able to get in today because, as we learned, today produced the weather "everyone has been waiting for."
Our first stop was a mind-boggling, basically straight vertical cable car ride to a spurt of rock 13,000 feet high with stunning, up close views of Mont Blanc (tallest in Europe). Once you there, we had the opportunity to move about the frigid peak through tunnels, on platforms that jut out from the mountain, and over bridges and over metal staircases with only sky below.
We could have ended our day right there and been more than happy. Instead, we stopped half way down the return cable car ride and hiked three hours across the cliffs to what should have been a glacier field (it has receded dramatically). From there we took a cog train back down the mountain to Chamonix, bought some real macaroons and beer made with Alps water, and headed back to Lyon.
We will definitely be back!
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