A Perfect Rest Day...with a HUGE surprise at the end!! Part 2 of 3

This photo is the view from my campsite that I woke up to this morning! WOW!! What a privilege to be here. I couldn't see this view last night in the dark. No wonder it was so cold!

And the "laying snow" I saw was the glacier!! And Mont Blanc!!

And so onto today....

We woke up to powder blue skies and glorious sunshine. Apparently everyone in Lorraine's walking group was delighted I'd brought the sunshine with me as it's been raining here for the best part of the week. I do bring sunshine with me wherever I go!!!

Lorraine was in a vest top; I was in a base layer, a t-shirt, a full fleece and with my fleece bodywarmer on top!! As the day warmed up, I lost most of the layers and zipped off to shorts. The temperature was showing into the early 20s and it was certainly hot in the sun but the mountain air still felt fresh and cool.

Lorraine and I pottered around, about and across the heart of Chamonix whilst indulging in a mega chat-athon.

Chamonix is a very pretty town and definitely bustling. Lorraine tried her first pain aux raisins, which got the thumbs up. We took photos of the famous climbing statue for Brian. We had a 2.5 hour pizza, salad and wine/beer lunch (lovely!). Afternoon tea came next. And we were still talking....

In fact, I was getting the train back just before 6pm and we still were nowhere near finished with our catching up! The day went so quickly but was so relaxed and thoroughly enjoyable. The hot sun shone for much of the day with some clouds gathering towards the end.

Lorraine did find it funny that I was so excited in the supermarket with the huge choice of food! I'm rarely in large towns and therefore buy what is available. This was a real treat :-))

We both had a brilliant time and kept pinching ourselves that we'd managed to meet up in fabulous Chamonix! How posh are we!

With massive hugs and even bigger smiles, we waved each other off as the mountain railway chugged away and took me closer to my campsite.

And then one of the biggest surprises and coincidences I've ever had happened (even Lorraine doesn't know about this yet)...

Onto part 3 of 3....!

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