Samoens, The French Alps

Bonjour!

 

We traveled from Roanne to Sameons in the car (with the the help of 'Darl' the satnav) and it took AGERS. We travel in the car heaps but we know it's to get to another awesome place so that makes it ok.

We get to watch really cool movies that Dad has put onto his ipad. Our best one is "We brought a Zoo" it's really cool and I wish we brought a zoo but I'm sure we can't afford it now that we have brought this holiday. Who cares, not us, because we are having such a wonderful holiday (I wanted to say awesome but my Mum says I say it too much).

 

We were really excited to get to this place as we had seen the photos and the house (or chalet they are called in the mountains) had a pool table and a movie theatre. Whoa! Awesome! Whoops.

 

Delphine, Cami and Chloe - our new french buds came too so it was really cool as we were not ready to say goodbye just yet. We were also with our cuzzies. We were happy as its so fun hanging out with them!

 

The first thing we noticed was that it was a little bit colder than in Roanne. Especially the nights. Not much but definately a little bit. It was still really hot especially for the all the walking we were to do. Delphine's family had spent a lot of time in ths area so she had lots of ideas for us. The first walk we did was up to a hill that we could see Mt Blanc and surrounding mountians. It also had a cross on top that we had to climb too. It was rocky and we followed a track up that winded through trees and pretty wild flowers. Violet was a surprise climber and she was the first Fulton to reach the top! Maybe ever! Once at the top we could look down at the Samoen Village and surrounding villages. We could also see the chair lifts from the ski fields and imagined them all covered in snow in winter time. It would be so wicked to come back in winter time!

 

Two days after that we decided to do another climb. Us Fultons, Lucy, Uncle Tim and some of Delphines relations climbed to Refuge du Grenairon high in the mountains. It was at 1950 altitude. Quite a few people go there and stay the night before climbing onwards to Mt Beut, another 4.5 hours up! Thats what Uncle Tim and the other relations were going to do trhe next day. They had to get up very early and head off before it got too hot to climb.

 

We all stayed in a dorm room and slept in the same place. It was really funny and we got the giggles becasue there were lots of body noises if you get what we mean! Haha. The adults were a bit grumpy in the morning and we didnt get much sleep! The food was cool as we all had to eat the same thing and it didn't matter as we were REALLY hundry from the climbing. We felt really proud that we had done such a massive climb and we were only kids! Again Violet was the first to reach the tippy top. We called her Edmond. She also won at 'Happy Families' so it was definately her day!

 

The next day climbing down was also cool. It took longer than getting up as we went down a different track that wasn't so steep. Oh and we forgot to tell you that there was a HUGE thunder storm in the night while we were up the mountain. Auntie Anna heard it and got really worried that we would be stuck up their for more than one night but we were fine as the weather cleared pretty quickly.

This photo is especially for my old class back in Sumner School!!! Playground in the mountains!!!!

 

Another day we decided (just us family) to go to Chamonix for the day. Mum and Dad really wanted to take us there as this is where thet got engaged 12 years ago! Freaky. They also took us to the top of the Aiguille du Midi. It is 12602 ft. and higher than Mt Cook! What! It took us 2 cable cars and a lift inside a rock to get to the tippy top. We all felt really sick and woozey at the top and had to sit down for a bit. Isla still managed a cartwheel! She is cartwheeling every where we go in Europe and wants Mummy to compile them all together when we finish and make a giff movie. Should be crazy as.

The wee town was really cute and looked like a fake village. It was so nice to visit and we tried some yummy treats from the local lollies and bakery shops. We would love to go back there again especially in the winter! They also had a beautiful botanical garden.

These gardens were donated to Samoens but a rich frence lady who was from there. It's really amazing with planets from all around the world! even NZ!

This crazy tree dude was at the top of the botanical gardens.

 

Next stop - the beach in the South of France so see you then!!!!!

 

Love Isla and Violet xx

 

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