We left our second favorite city, Lyon, hopped on the train eastbound toward the French Alpes, rented a car, and drove to a teeny tiny village, Aillon-le-Vieux, a commune with a population of 200 or less. It's located in the department Savoie (73) of the Rhône-Alpes region.
Aillon-le-Vieux is less than 2 hour drive to Chamonix, Mont Blanc. This will be our base for the next eight days. I'm super excited about this stay, looking forward to escaping the heat wave, living in the mountains, and enjoying the fresh air from the Alpines.
The drive from Gare de Chambéry to our French Gite, le Sabot de Venus, was out of this world. It felt like we stepped into the story book, Heidi. Our little 5 passenger Peugeot was kicking up clouds of dust on those beautiful hills dotted by tiny houses, any of which could probably be featured in a Switzerland architecture magazine. I kept snapping away, hoping to capture the beauty in its entirety in front of us. We just couldn't believe our eyes. Are we still in France?
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