Where:	Hotel Alpina (Chamonix-Mont-Blanc) Hotel Littre (Paris extension)
When:	Friday, Jan. 22 – Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010
Cost:	$1,931.USD, complete package Includes 7 breakfast, 7 dinners.*+* Due in full at time of booking
*Extension:	Jan. 30 to Feb. 2 3 nights in Paris at the Hotel Littre, breakfast daily, transfers from Chamonix to Paris *Travel arrangements thru “World on Skies”, Susan Gonzalez, (866) 678-5858 x5307, Or (201) 228-5307, Sgonzalez1@worldonskies.com By rail 10.24am to Paris, arrive 1:23pm and bus to hotel. 3 nights in Paris at the Hotel Littre, with breakfast., transfer to CDG (Paris) airport and 12:50pm UA943 to ORD.
Extension Cost:	$794.00 USD Paris extension *
# of Skiers:	30
Lift Tickets	In advance: 6 tickets WORLD ON SKIES Or www.compagniedumontblanc.com (site is in French)
Status:	Open
Flights:	ORD via Dulles to Geneva on United Air Lines 1:10 p.m. ex ORD/4:05 p.m. Dulles – 6:11 p.m. ex Dulles/8:00 a.m. Geneva + 10:00 a.m. bus to Geneva, arrive noon Jan. 30, 2010: 9:30 a.m. 1-2 hour bus to GVA Geneva. 12:00 p.m. ex Geneva/3:24 p.m. Dulles. 5:40 p.m. ex Dulles/ar ORD 6:57 p.m.
Who:	George Homeyer, Leader (630) 572-8585 grhomeyer@hotmail.com Tricey Morelli, Assistant: (checks, applications) 1526 W Melrose Chicago, IL 60657 (773) 404-7403 triceynlou@aol.com
Back to Western Trips

The trip included seven nights in a two-to-a-room Hotel Alpina, daily buffet breakfast, daily dinner, bus from/to Geneva (GVA) and Hotel Alpina airfare as above.

Chamonix – Mont Blanc, France’s oldest ski resort and site of the first Winter Olympics in 1924 and boasts some of the world’s highest vertical lifts up to 8,000 ft are skiable. The longest run is 15 miles on the world famous Vallee Blanche glacier. Valley ski resorts such as Les Grands Montets (10745 ft), La Filgere (7242 ft), Le Brevgent (8125 ft), Chamonix (3400 ft) to Plan de l’Aiguilles (7556 ft) to Aiguille du Midi (12605 ft) to Gare Helbronner (Italy) are connected by valley bus and the valley has a mix of gondolas, funiculars, cable cars, chairlifts, T bars.

Chamonix, on the banks of the River Arve, is world famous for its views of Mont Blanc to the east, and the Aiguilles Rouges to the west, its restaurants including the Midnight Express (across from La Caleche) home of the world’s biggest best hamburger, and for its nightlife. It was the site for the filming of the James Bond ski chase scene from “The World Is Not Enough”. This part of France is called the Savoie Region, famous for certain wines, certain cheeses, and certain skiers – namely Jean Claude Killy, and the skiing Goitschel sisters, Marielle & Christine. Many, many Olympic GOLD and World Cup victories won by those skiers.

The Area Tourist Bureau can organize an OPTIONAL mid-week mini-bus tour to the resort town of Annecy and thru the Savoie Region, visiting a famous local winery, a famous local cheesery, stopping for a nice catered lunch. The train station in Chamonix connects to Annecy, Dijon, Lyon, Nice, and Paris (Gare Lyon station).

www.chamonix.com
www.bestmontblanc.com/en/alpina
www.hotellittreparis.com

NOTE: there may be an additional surcharge due to currency changes, fuel increases, etc. that we cannot control.

*+* The trip was originally priced with a 0.78 Euro for 1 $.  It is now priced with a 0.65 Euro = 1$ exchange rate.  If the U.S. vs. the Euro fluctuates before currencies are purchased, the trip price can fluctuate once again, up or down.  This is beyond LSSC control.