Thursday, September 21, 2006
17 September, 06
We woke up to rain, no surprise. We spoke to a few friends and family on skype and then decided to take a drive to Martigny in Switzerland. It was a stunning drive and the villages we passed were very pretty but it was a Sunday and everything was closed including all restaurants. Bad weather and low season are not a good mix. We enjoyed the drive but we were disappointed with Martigny. We thought that it would be a pretty Swiss town but it was quite a big City and it looked quite modern and boring. We did however buy Cailler chocolate (our favorite) at the border before crossing back to France, so I guess it was well worth the trip! We forgot to take our passports with and crossing into Switzerland was no problem because it was lunch time and nobody was there, BUT coming back we were a bit worried. Thank goodness it was fine and they waved us through. Lucky lucky! We arrived back in Chamonix at about 17h00 and we hadn’t eaten lunch yet. It was a big mistake and we went to the biggest and most central restaurant that was open all day for meals. We needn’t say how bad it was, but really it was poor quality and quite pricey too. We didn’t have dinner after that and watched movies in the room whilst the rain continued outside. We were hoping for a good day so that we could go up to the Mont Blanc Peak.
We woke up to rain, no surprise. We spoke to a few friends and family on skype and then decided to take a drive to Martigny in Switzerland. It was a stunning drive and the villages we passed were very pretty but it was a Sunday and everything was closed including all restaurants. Bad weather and low season are not a good mix. We enjoyed the drive but we were disappointed with Martigny. We thought that it would be a pretty Swiss town but it was quite a big City and it looked quite modern and boring. We did however buy Cailler chocolate (our favorite) at the border before crossing back to France, so I guess it was well worth the trip! We forgot to take our passports with and crossing into Switzerland was no problem because it was lunch time and nobody was there, BUT coming back we were a bit worried. Thank goodness it was fine and they waved us through. Lucky lucky! We arrived back in Chamonix at about 17h00 and we hadn’t eaten lunch yet. It was a big mistake and we went to the biggest and most central restaurant that was open all day for meals. We needn’t say how bad it was, but really it was poor quality and quite pricey too. We didn’t have dinner after that and watched movies in the room whilst the rain continued outside. We were hoping for a good day so that we could go up to the Mont Blanc Peak.
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