The Mont Blanc experience:episode 1

On our way to our ski vacation, we stopped for lunch at this lovely little place, which is called St Nazaire-en-Royans. We know the cutest restaurant with a fine menu I always enjoy. It is off the highway, 2-way roads where the farmers also directly sell their walnuts. Grenoble walnuts, they are the best, so they say. They taste wonderful, I know that! Three walnuts a day are my protein supplement as I hardly eat any red meat.

We arrived with sunshine but at the end of the week our lodging looked like this:

We had a 2-bedroom apartment with a kitchenette where we could prepare our breakfast and meals. The bakery was right around the corner but one could order at the hotel the evening before and get baguettes and goodies delivered at the hotel reception. Nothing tops a fresh baguette from a French bakery! (but I am open -minded: what's your favorite?) We packed our lunch to go out skiing and went out to have cheese fondue three times! in one week, because that's the only dinner the Mar boys want to have while skiing in France. It is wonderfully served not only with the bread pieces but also with tiny baked potatoes and green salad. I am happy with some fondue, say 4 forks! (it is a heavy meal even if you have been out in the cold all day) and a huge salad with nearly anything in it ,except for raw onions- because they don't agree with me!

This is the hotel entrance. They did light up the fireplace in the evenings, it created a friendly atmosphere. The hotel also had a swimming pool which only Mr. Mar visited this time, swimming is a good exercise for his back. But the water temperature was below my minimum requirements...

The  blue chandelier was a centerpiece. Something I loved in its place, would never fit in my home, though.

And this is what the doors looked like, wonderful handicraft, a different mountain picture for every apartment door. I must mention this place was booked! Skiers and non-skiers from all over.Who skied during the day and watched the Winter Olympics otherwise! And next we are going for a walk in Chamonix.