In a sleepy stupor, I gazed out the right side passenger window from the airplane and could see the summit of Mont Blanc on the horizon. Our adventure would take us around the tall mountain and will be the the consent theme our our tour.
We were all tired from the restless trip, but in good spirits at our rendezvous at baggage claim. They had already retrieved their container of hiking sticks and crampons, but I, on the other hand, waited for my hiking sticks to arrive, but unfortunately, they were stalled in Newark. So, I had them mailed home, decided to buy new sticks in Chamonix, and will ask United Airlines to reimburse me when I get home. It was frustrating, but I refused to let it put a shadow on our trip this early in the journey.
We purchased tickets to take a shuttle to Chamonix, France and waited with some coffee and pastry.
We were one of 13 passengers aboard the "Alpy Bus" and I took some time to blog.
While traveling on the shuttle for 1.5 hours, we came closer to the Goliath of a mountain, the Mont Blanc. Covered in snow year-round, it boasts at a height of 15,776 feet above sea level. We won't summit the mount, but we will tour around it to view it from every side.
We finally arrived in Chamonix, France! It's a beautiful ski-resort type city, with a heavy emphasis on hiking. We took time to get advice from the visitor's center, exchanged money, had lunch at "Poco Loco", repurchased my hiking sticks, visited the French Alpine Club to investigate insurance, went grocery shopping, checked into the Ski Chalet (a dorm-like hostel for hikers), and discussed the weather coming to our trail the next day. Let's just say, it wasn't looking good...
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