Chamonix Trip!
After the Paris trip with my school, I took an independent travel trip to Chamonix with two of my friends. While this trip was a bit of an ordeal, it had its fun moments! In this post I’m going to focus of the positive aspects of Chamonix. I’ll get into the chaos of a time in a separate post😉.
My first time skiing was when I was in 5th grade, I’m now in 11th grade…a second ski trip was definitely needed in the books! Chamonix is a little ski town in the French Alps, everything you think of when you think of ski trip: mountains, ski shops, lodges, and everything in between.
On our first day in Chamonix, we took the mer de glace train ride, a train that takes you up through the mountains, then to a glacier! This is was spectacular because where else will I find the opportunity to see a real glacier in my own eyes? The train was a little red train like a Christmas movie. What we didn’t know beforehand is that the glacier isn’t just right off the exit of the train, you have to take about 20 flights of stairs down until you get to the glacier😅. But it is worth it to walk through the all-ice cave! The reason why it’s much lower than you would expect is because it’s been melting:( so visit a glacier while you still can because they are magnificent!
Fondue night was a mandatory activity since we’re in the French Alps! It was my first time having cheese fondue! A big pot of melted cheese, cold cut meats, potatoes, bread, and salad appeared in front of my two friends and I. What looked small made us so stuffed to the point where we could barely walk afterward😵💫. Basically on this whole trip I only consumed cheese and bread😛. That’s Chamonix for ya!
You can’t take a ski trip without actually going skiing right?! I spent one day skiing in Chamonix and it was truly incredible. As a beginner skier what I loved about Chamonix was that there were beginner runs up in the mountains with incredible views. I wasn’t stuck at the bunny slopes which are close to the ground, but I was able to take the gondola up to amazing sights while not scaring myself on a black run😎. My friend taught me everything, and I was pretty confident in my skiing by the end of the day. There hasn’t been much snow in Chamonix all season, but the weather was nice and sunny. I expected it to be freezing but ended up overheating during the whole day😜. A ski day definitely completed this trip for me, skiing in the Alps in truly incredible for an experience skier or a first-timer (well second-timer like me😉).
These were my Chamonix highlights! It was extraordinary to have the access and opportunity to take a ski trip to the Alps. From being in Paris one day to skiing in the mountains another, France has given me so many endless memories I will remember for the rest of my life!
