With being up for 35 hours the day before we decided not to ski today and sleep in...got up about 10 a.m....a great night's sleep and so rested. Spent the day exploring this quaint and charming town. It almost feels like a movie set...very unique and everything within walking distance. You definitely feel like you are in the Alps...very French, Swiss and Italian all in one. The streets are lined with the most beautiful confection shops, charcuteries, brasseries, patisseries, etc. Window shopping is wonderful here! Bought some saucissons, local cheeses, wine and baguette to take back to the room for happy hour. We popped in and out of various shops and went back to the hotel to meet with a friend of Olivier's, Jean Louis, to discuss a possible tour to Italy if the snow conditions weren't favorable one day at Courmayeur. Jean Louis was a wealth of information on where to go and what to see...picked his brain!
This evening at Jean Louis's suggestion we had dinner at La Cachere, a beautiful restaurant that serves wonderful local Savoyard cuisine. The atmosphere was charming and the food
excellent...we all had the regional specialty, tartiflette...a potato, local cheeses, onion dish tha was the ultimate Franco comfort food! Off to bed to get ready for a great day of skiing in Italy!
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