the town all ski towns are emulating

if there were ever a town in france that i thought tim would go nuts about, it would be chamonix. after a week in talloires, annie (a fletcher friend, wonderful travel buddy, and incredible woman, for that matter) and i headed back to the geneva airport and caught a ski shuttle up to chamonix for two nights. i don't even know what to say. it was just awesome.

we took the aigule du midi, an insane cable car, up to about 14,000 feet above sea level, and experienced light-headeness along with an incredible view of mont blanc. we walked around the insanely cute ski town of chamonix, and met some wonderful people in the local saturday market. we drank red wine! we tasted the local liquor, genepi! we ate FONDUE!

i don't even ski anymore, but i can't wait to go back with tim while he skis! (i apologize for the wealth of photos. i could not decide in this instance.)

les hommes francais are so romantic.

snostation- spa chalet (where we stayed): http://www.snostation.com/property.php?id_property=41&property_name=Mont+Blanc+SpaChalet

annie and i made a stop in to this wonderful relais & chateaux property: http://www.hameaualbert.fr/en/gallery