Boiling Pot of Cheese

We ended our terrific day around Chamonix and Mont Blanc with some fondue -- burned my mouth a few times but it was delicious (and when is a boiling pot of cheese not delicious?). It really was quite stunning to take the tram over to Italy, even the video we shot can't truly relay how awe-inspiring it was. It was freezing up there and the snow was blowing up at us from the viewing decks, but there wasn't a cloud in the blue sky and the views were spectacular. Rick Steves was right when he said that the money you spend for the gondolas on a clear day is worth every penny and more.

I can't imagine what it must be like for the people hiking below us to look up at the mountains and across the vast snowy landscape. Or how cold it was a night for those that chose to camp on the mountain. We've included some photos here and might upload the video we shot from our trip in the cabin (where we had the best breakfast nook view ever!). Might even upload the video of the two guys we caught hiking out over the snow cliff on their way down to the plateau. Uh, yeah, probably won't be doing that anytime too.

[We close this with a shout out to our friends who live in Colorado (hey Hoyt!), who get to see, bike and hike in this stuff a lot more than we do. Don't get me wrong, it's impressive to stand at the base of the Empire State Building and stare up at that too.]