This morning we drove granny and granpa to Geneva airport and wished them “bon voyage” as they were heading home to Scotland. We will see them again next year I hope. After that we went to the shopping mall near Geneva airport to buy a few things, then came home mid - afternoon and had a chill day.
I played soccer kicks on the trampoline with Dad and we had an early dinner of chicken pasta which was lovely.
We decided to feed Pumba, the 20 year-old cat, and Nala, the beautiful collie dog, salami because the owners of the farm weren’t there all day. They were about to eat our fingers off they were that hungry! Tonight, we watched Gangsta Granny which was fun!
Sunday 29 September
Today we went to the French alpine resort of Chamonix which is very near Mont Blanc, one of the highest mountains in Europe. We decided to go up the cable car so we had to buy some socks and change into the warmer clothes that were in the suitcase in the boot to keep us warm because we just had shorts and t shirts on.
Up the mountain, it was only 2 degrees and there was a 65 kilometre wind blowing (pretty cold)! When we went to where we could buy our tickets it was heaving with people. As we were deciding whether to wait in the queue or not, we saw a message flash up that said the mountain was closed due to the wind, so we ended up going back to the car and changing again. We then decided to go to the theme park, which turned out to be not that good.
When we tried to pay for our toboggan tickets (the only thing worth doing), we discovered that only French credit cards were working that day for some reason, so we couldn’t even do that which was sad! When we realised what the problem was, we counted up our cash, which wasn’t much, so we decided to go to Italy which was closer than Switzerland to try to get some money out of the ATM. We drove to the Mont Blanc tunnel but we discovered we had to pay 45 euros each way to drive through it, which we couldn’t do, so we just went home praying that it would be fixed by tomorrow.
Hi Max,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you are having an eventful time and are enjoying yourself. You have been to so many different places and have experienced so much history and culture. What has been your favouite place to visit and why? Was it sad to say goodbye to your granny and grandpa? Will you keep in contact with them whilst you are still travelling?
Stay safe and have fun!
From Miss Holland