Alpine Excursion
Sunday, Beth & Alli boarded a train to Milan, and then to Turino to make their way eventually to Mt Blanc (Monte Bianca in Italian) and a glacier. After arriving in Turino, they made the discovery that the bus to the town they were staying in, Courmayeur, was not running on Sunday. Uh oh.
A quick call to Florence, and fast typing at Expedia, and they had a hotel room in a room that was served by the train called Aosta, and the hotel people in Courmayeur were very nice to cancel the Sunday night part of the trip.
Monday they headed out to the mountain, but it was a cloudy day and they could only get to the first level at 2200m instead of the higher one at 3100m. But they got great pictures from there, and had an interesting lunch with some of the locals (Beth seemed to be having a very good time).
The hotel Monday night was really nice as well, and then Tuesday's trip back was okay on the bus, but this time the trains had a little trouble, and their arrival from Milan was delayed about a little over an hour. So they were tired and hungry, and we found a new place called Pepo, and Alli apparently liked the pasta there (given how fast it disappeared).
