Fiona had to go down to Bourg St-Maurice today to have a blood test for her stomach problems and because the weather was rather terrible. It was cloudy at our level, let alone at the top of the mountain.
So, instead of hitting the slopes I opted to join Fiona on a little adventure down to Bourg. We weren't able to get a lift and there are no free buses from La Rosiere, so we had to take the chair-lift down. That's right Ladies & Gents, DOWN a chair lift!!
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So when we got down the chair lift we were at the bus stop where the free bus picked us up and took us to Bourg St-Maurice which is like the nearest main town. It's an ok place, not very pretty but he had a McDonald's which we may have had lunch at.
We also went to Intermarche to stock up on supplies as things are definitely cheaper down the mountain. There was a little English section where I purchased Mcvities Ginger Nuts. No chocolate digestives though and the PG tips were super expensive :(
We then had a slight dilemma of not being able to make it back up to resort as the next bus would've got to the bottom of the lift which would've been closed. So after a mild panic from both Fiona and I, we went to the Tourist Office and the lady let us borrow her phone so we phoned our boss who then got his boss, who was luckily in the bank up the road to help us out.
She used her immaculate french to get us bus tickets at a discounted price all the way up to La Rosiere. A bus that left in 2 hours and we had very little money on us so we mooched about for a while then caught our bus back and got home about half 7.
It was a really good day, just did an awful lot of walking but survived to tell the tale :)
Update again soon
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