Day 11

Helbronner Mt. France/Italy 1:21 PM 7/1/10

We are in a cloud (litterally). We got up this morning, pack our tent and left the campsite. We headed to the Gondola. Once on we went up and up and up. Then we got to a little station, got on another Gondola and went up and up some more. I was trying really hard not to freak out. We hit another station and spent some time there just gathering ourselves. Then we got on a smaller Gondola with just me and Troy (the other one fit 20 people, standing room only). The small one was really scary. I was tense and nervous and couldn't relax, but the view was spectactular!

Train to Venice 10:01 PM

What a day. We got over the Alps and into Italy and then we had no idea where to go or what to do. We walked to a souvenier shop and Troy asked where the train station was and if we needed to get our passports stamped. A lady there told him that the station was 6km away and that we should go to the police station for our passports. Then she gave us a ride to the police station. We asked them and they said we didn't need a stamp, but the lady had already left us so we had to walk back on the side of a highway with noo bikelane and no space for pedestrians. Then we walked toward the direction of town, following the river, not knowing where we were going. We got to a little downtown area, found a map and tried to figure it out, but without a "you are here" point of reference on the map, we didn't have much luck. Troy decided to go into a hotel and they gave us directions to the bus station and the Officio de Touristico. We walked there and bought bus tickets to Pre St. Dedidier. Nothing is marked though, so we missed out stop. But luckily we ended up in Aosta, right next to a train station. We walked around Aosta and stumbled a celtic festival...
To Be Continued...