Everyone warned me against doing this day first on the Tour du Mont Blanc. From the guidebook, to every blog and online guide I read, they all said it was not advisable. In fact by the time I was sitting at the dinner table at Gite Michel Fagot in Les […]
Rhone-Alpes
Travel Ideas for Rhone-Alpes France
Hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc
As I sat in my accommodation in Les Houches about to embark on hiking the Tour du Mont Blanc, I had to reflect that it was ‘third time lucky’! Two years ago I was all set for hiking the mont blanc hike when I was let down by the British Home […]
Ski holidays in France: the Haute Savoie
Last week the Wandering Kiwis joined the throngs of booted and suited French families milling about in the light and airy Gare du Lyon, ready to catch a train to the mountains for a ski holiday. The double decker TGV speeds away from Paris on its four-and-a-half-hour journey to the […]