It is a long day of travel, but we find our hotel, in Le Tines - The Excelsior
Rita likes the recessed doorways
The view from our balcony. We are in a narrow strip of land between a highway and a train line
Rita likes this cabinet, it has a cleverly crafted fold-out desk top
It turns out I have every denomination of Euro coin in my pocket: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, E1, and E2
The cabinet
The cabinet, close up
Scenes from a Mountain Village
Scenes from a Mountain Village
Scenes from a Mountain Village
An old lady paints her door
The conference is up there, to the left, out of sight.
Behold the power of digital zoom
Scenes from a Mountain Village
We try to take a tram ride. The path is STEEP down behind us.
The path is also STEEP up the mountain ahead of us.
We see dozens of para-sailers every day.
The second hotel on Chamonix was a Best Western.