Preliminaries
| Preliminaries |
06 Sep. |
The
first day was travel. We had an Noon-ish flight from London Gatwick to
Geneva. The flight was only about 90 minutes -- we spent more time in
trains going to and from the airports. Our first night's lodging was the "B
& B" Les Dix
Sens, owned and run by Danièle and
Stéphane. Regrettably, we were in a bit of a rush, as we were
trying to catch one of the last buses from Sion for "Mache," where
Stéphane said he'd pick us up. (Earlier in the day the bus ran all
the way out to Pralong (where Les Dix Sens is), but not in the evening.)
Immediately after fetching bags and passing
through border controls at the Geneva airport, we hopped on the train that
briefly passed through Geneva, and then headed East, along the North shore
of Lake Geneva, through Lausanne, Montreux, and then following the
Rhône river through Monthey, Martigny to Sion. At Sion, we had
dinner at a Thai restaurant near the station, and then we caught a bus up
into the foothills, to Mache, where we had drinks at a cafe until Stéphane
from the B & B picked us up. That was pretty much it for the day, as
it was dark when we left Mache.
| Preliminaries |
06 Sep. |