Anyways, we took a bus from Geneva Airport to Chamonix, France and it was extremely casual: we didn't need passports or any kind of inspection to cross the border. Completely unlike the United States.
When we arrived, it was a stunningly beautiful day in the Alps - sunny blue skies and crisp winter air. We took a little red train up into the mountains. Lots of people were skiing, but since I didn't know how to, we took a tour inside of a glacier instead! Fair trade off, I'd say:
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| In case you were wondering what the inside of a glacier looks like |
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| Having my own Sound of Music moment in the Alps |
We then took two sets of lifts 3,842 meters up to the very top of the Aiguille du Midi, or the "Needle of the South." It's incredibly high up and narrow: just check out the picture below!
It was quite the trip up! My ears popped multiple times and once we reached the peak, I felt light-headed just taking the few dozen steps to the highest point. But the view from the top was completely worth it.
I'd call this a pretty successful weekend - and a well-budgeted one at that! The chocolate festival was entirely free and Charmonix was much less expensive than any international trip (and much less expensive than most train travel within Switzerland). A victory all around!
I won't be posting again until I come out of this chocolate coma, so à tout!
It was quite the trip up! My ears popped multiple times and once we reached the peak, I felt light-headed just taking the few dozen steps to the highest point. But the view from the top was completely worth it.
We were pretty exhausted after cramming all this activity into one day, so we all passed out on the hour and a half bus ride back to Geneva airport. Again, I can't believe we just casually visited France for a day.
On Sunday, I went with more friends to a Chocolate Festival in Versoix, a town near Geneva. It was completely free and we got so many free samples! We ate every kind of chocolate you could imagine: not just milk, dark and white, but also chocolate embedded with flowers, ginger chocolate, absinthe chocolate, and much more! There were also samples of different wines, chocolate liquors, ice creams, hazelnut spreads, and caramels. In other words, I was in heaven.
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| Chocolate whiskey?! |
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| Yes, that is a chocolate fountain twice as tall as I am |
I'd call this a pretty successful weekend - and a well-budgeted one at that! The chocolate festival was entirely free and Charmonix was much less expensive than any international trip (and much less expensive than most train travel within Switzerland). A victory all around!
I won't be posting again until I come out of this chocolate coma, so à tout!
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