Another day in Courmayeur

So we decided to shorten our Tour du Mont Blanc to here in Courmayeur. We've called it the "Demi Tour". We've been hearing about how spectacular it is to take the cable car from Courmayeur to Helbronner, take a cable car over to Aiguille du Midi and down to Chamonix. So we will be doing this tomorrow.

We originally planned to spend an extra day in Courmayeur and really, you're not missing much. It's very different than Chamonix, where as Chamonix is a mountaineering town and is popular all year, Courmayeur is a skiing town and appears to be popular in the winter time. The clothes are geared towards skiers, rich skiers I might add. I don't know where the locals shop. In my observations, the Italians like to wear their clothing tight, a little too tight. The women seem to be afraid of wearing supportive bras, which they desperately need. Lastly, the Italians have the weirdest knick-knack crap I have ever seen in their souvenir stores. However, they do make good ice cream. We had gelato twice yesterday and twice today.

Great gelato at this place (I don't remember the name of the place):

This morning we saw the boys from Israel leave the hotel and continue with their hiking. We told one of them that we'll probably see them in Chamonix. One of their friends joined them today until Chamonix. We ran into Anne and Bob in the afternoon (they're having a rest day) and decided to meet up for supper. We went to a place just up the road from out hotel and had the Table d'Hote, which was a bowtie pasta with zuchinni and a nice herb sauce, chicken and warm spinach, and a tart for dessert. We wished Anne and Bob well and a safe trip. I hope they had a great time. Anne said they've met a lot of people on the trail, who wished they had spent more time (days) for the hike so they could stop and smell the flowers.

Beer/wine consumption: 1 (beer for me and wine for Vix)