27 July Alpe d'Huez

27 July - Alpe d’Huez French Alps
We had another beautiful day today in the French Alps. 30 degrees and blue skies but some cloud rolled in in the afternoon.

We had a yummy breaky then set off into the village for some looking around and some shopping. We posted some postcards and bought some souvenirs.

Then we went ice skating in an open air rink in the village. It was free. We skated for about an hour or so, couple of major stacks but great fun. There were some aussies there hooning it up and there were some really good skaters doing their thing.

Then we went trekking in the Alps at the top of Alpe d’Huez just beneath Pic Blanc 3300m. We had a picnic overlooking the Alps and two beautiful lakes. The views were incredible. We had baguette and ham, cheese and tomato for lunch. Then we walked around the mountains and the lake for about 2 hours looking at the views and taking plenty of pics. We saw way down in the valley below the lake that dad had done his triathlon swim yesterday.

Then we went for a drive to a little village off to the side of Alpe d’Huez along a really narrow cliff road. The views there were amazing too, so high up and snow-capped mountains all around. We could see a few of the bike course 21 switchbacks from dad's triathlon the day before.

Then we came back to our apartment and went for a swim in our pool. It was great in the hot sun after a big day skating and trekking.

We went out for dinner in town.

We drive to Lyon tomorrow for a flight to London Stanstead Airport where we get a hire car and drive to Aunty Veronica’s house in Minehead in south west England for a few days before back in London. Sad to leave the Alps, we have had a fab time and the weather has been unbelievable.

Au Revoir from France for now (we’ll be back later on). We love France!

The Creber Girls xxx