Wednesday, April 3, 2013

The Alps


The Alps
After visiting the beautiful and warm Cote d’Azur we decided to go to a totally different place in France. We wanted to go see the mountains and the snow. Our next stop was The French Alps. The Alps are part of the large European chain of mountains. They are very huge tourist attractions. The French portion of the Alps are very famous! They are some very famous resort towns that had hosted the Olympic Winter Games, one time in 1992 and the other in 1968.
We stayed at a hotel called The comtes chateau is a typical French castle that was very close to Chambery. The hotel was awesome. It was built in the 1400’s. so there was a lot of history and it was very elegant. I felt like a princess. The hotel also had some hot springs and we could walk every day to the casinos. 
When we were in the Alps we took a cable car to the top of a mountain. The mountain  was 12, 600ft tall in the Mont Blanc mountain range. That same day we decided to go skiing it  was pretty impressive to see the views from the top and skiing in one of the most famous mountain in the world.  We also toured the village and we went to a fromagerie which is a cheese store where they make cheese. We tried a little bit of the local Reblochon which is the cheese specialty of the region. 
The trip to the Alps was very refreshing. It was awesome to see the nature, and  breath a little bit of fresh air. We were also tasting all kinds of local cheeses, chocolates, hazelnut oils and wines. Everywhere we went there was melted cheese also known as fondue. The french love to mix it with vegetables or tartiflette which are sliced potatoes baked with bacon, cream and local cheese. It was very delicious. They really love they cheese and its because its so delicious. Like good french we had some wine with our meal, and for dessert we chose some hot chocolate because it was getting very cold and some crepes with chocolate (kind of like Nutella) and fresh strawberries and bananas. It was a very good dinner. 






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