So it was mine and Jason's first night in Chamonix...
After getting supplies from la Petite Casino, mainly consisting of pasta (1€ 50) eggs x 12 (3€) and beer 26 x 250cl (13€ 50) we headed up to a nice little burger place called Poco Loco. They do good food, and not to bad a beer either. (On a side note: I have recently found 20 (stubby) beers for 4 Euros 71, from La Petit Casino by the name of "Kellegen" ).
As we wandered back to our hostel blissfully unaware of the chaos yet to unfold, I thought to myself, why would anyone want to work in London when this mountain valley walk could be your day to day walk to work, the peas to your pod, the bacon to your butty if you will?
As we approached the main road into Chamonix the faint screams
of a mad man running down the road did not seem to phase many of the
bystanders, but as he got closer and I could see the whites of his eyes,
hear the hoarseness of his French accented yell, smell the fresh lasagne eminating from a local restaurant, I could tell he was fixated on something.
At first I thought that this man just had just spotted his long lost love, when i saw the panting tongue and large ears I wasn't that impressed with his choice, but soon came to realise that it was a very suprised deer.
It turned out that it was in fact the pet
husky
who followed hanging from the deer's hooves was actually the culprit.
The man-dog-deer chasing continued for a number of minutes, until at
last the
breathless man, with a great bound, managed to mount his husky with a
very audible growl. The deer appeared unscathed, and seemingly proud of
himself, which is more that can be said for the frenchman, who had given
a good 15 cars some great entertainment, and it was with a happy smile that I continued the evening, having witnessed my very own version of "Fenton dans l'Alps".
For those of you who have missed out on the Fenton action - Please see below :)
On another note though on things to do, there is a good amount of things to do in Chamonix:
After getting supplies from la Petite Casino, mainly consisting of pasta (1€ 50) eggs x 12 (3€) and beer 26 x 250cl (13€ 50) we headed up to a nice little burger place called Poco Loco. They do good food, and not to bad a beer either. (On a side note: I have recently found 20 (stubby) beers for 4 Euros 71, from La Petit Casino by the name of "Kellegen" ).
As we wandered back to our hostel blissfully unaware of the chaos yet to unfold, I thought to myself, why would anyone want to work in London when this mountain valley walk could be your day to day walk to work, the peas to your pod, the bacon to your butty if you will?
At first I thought that this man just had just spotted his long lost love, when i saw the panting tongue and large ears I wasn't that impressed with his choice, but soon came to realise that it was a very suprised deer.
For those of you who have missed out on the Fenton action - Please see below :)
On another note though on things to do, there is a good amount of things to do in Chamonix:
- Indoor Climbing and Bouldering - http://escalade.chamonixsport.com/index.php?rub=39 - i'll be checking this place out soon, so keep posted for a good review.
- Ice skating - Indoor, outdoor, and I think there are some natural lakes over in Agentiere that you can skate on too. I'll find out and post up.http://www.chamonix.com/patinoire-du-centre-sportif-richard-bozon,sports-facilities,48-3132-sitraLOI321540,en.html. The rates are pretty good, and i think if you have an unlimited ski pass for upto 3 weeks you get in free!
- Swimming, handball, five aside football, and a state of the art gym, where i've heard Kimi Räikkönen trains.
Really interesting ... and to see the prices ... and of course what you spend most of your money on! I'd never seen the Fenton clip before .... totally hilarious. Max .... please check your spelling.
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