Interesting place for a tourist town with very few shopkeepers 'choosing' to speak any English but it sure forces you to trot out the old school French. Though I think I did ask the mademoiselle if I could be an espresso the other day which reduced her to giggles!
We have had good snow falls on 3 days with lots of powder for the boarders. E, B and T have been to Les Grandes Montets, Courmayeur (favorite so far), and today up to Les Brevents. Some high altitude stuff here - up to 3300m. Mont Blanc still towers over that however at over 5000m.
Out to Zurich on Monday and then onto New York - Snow at Heathrow permitting. There is no doubt that the poms really struggle in snowy conditions - mass panic buying, accidents, services shut down, etc - whereas the Europeans just carry on - incredibly obvious contrast to the outside observer.
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