Canadian beauty Zoe said to me, "Hey, lets go snowboarding in the Alps because we both know how to snowboard and we are in Europe for gosh sakes!" So we went. There is a program called "BusRiders" which takes you from either Montpellier or Nîmes (at 4 in the morning) to the the Alps and back, plus the lift ticket, all for 55 euros- an excellent deal. I had to scrounge around to get some waterproof pants, a coat, some gloves, and not to mention the fact that I had to rent some some questionable "expert" equipment, but we did it. Zoe and I caught the bus at 4am and headed up to Alpe d'Huez!
As you can see, it was terrible.
And to make matters worse, we played with a puppy.
Heading up the tram to the glacier- we are completely above the clouds.
It was hard to look where I was going because I was constantly looking up. It was so beautiful!
Then we ate lunch with our gloves on.
Way to go, fellas.
These chairs are everywhere all over the mountain. You can take a breather and bask in the sunlight whenever you want.
Après: beers and hot cocoa.
At the end of the day, the clouds below us started to rise gently as the sun was beginning to set. It was a beautiful end to an AMAZING day in the Alps.
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