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Wine and Rice
Read more: Wine and RiceArrived in Lugano, Switzerland, Wednesday. On the way, stopped in Gattinara, home to Travaglini, an award winning wine-maker, in Italy’s Piedmont region. Travaglini is famous for its Gattinara wines (made from hand-picked Nebbiolo grapes) and also for the atypical shape of its sediment trapping bottles. Some of its wines are designated DOCG, requiring at least…
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Biella/Italian Alps and a G.O.A.T Cheesy Experience
Read more: Biella/Italian Alps and a G.O.A.T Cheesy ExperienceI left Chamonix via Switzerland and cruised the Great St. Bernard Pass into Northern Italy. As a side, Napoleon and his army followed the pass into Italy, of course, without the benefit of the modern highway. Things went better for me. A stop in Aosta, a city founded by the Romans in 25 BC, which…
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Climbing Mont Blanc to 12,000 ft (but via cable cars, an elevator, and stairs) Hypoxia?
Read more: Climbing Mont Blanc to 12,000 ft (but via cable cars, an elevator, and stairs) Hypoxia?A journey requiring not a spec of physical exertion, today you climbed Mont Blanc, to the tippy top, via cable cars, an elevator and stairs. Just before descend, you may have had a brief bout of hypoxia. Let us further review your day. Your first cable car left from the Chamonix station, at the foot…
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Exploring Le Mar De Grace & Ice Caves
Read more: Exploring Le Mar De Grace & Ice CavesToday — a perfect day, was a reward for yesterday’s total rain out, which included exploration of the Le Mar De Grace & Ice caves. It began in Chamonix with a fantastic morning view of Mont Blanc, though it was not the destination. Rather, our destination was the glacier. To get there, you hop on…
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Arriving in Chamonix
Read more: Arriving in ChamonixAfter exhausting travel, arrived in Chamonix today, to start this European alpine adventure. Chamonix is just north of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Western Europe, between the peaks of the Aiguilles Rouges and the notable Aiguille du Midi, it borders both Switzerland and Italy. Chamonix is filled with shops supporting alpine outdoor adventure, restaurants, and local stores.…
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