Wednesday, August 29, 2012

TMB Day 4 - Courmayeur

TMB Day 4 - Courmayeur
Word of the day - Restful.

After arriving in Courmayeur yesterday and settling into Hotel Berthoud, we walked the pedestrian streets of this lovely little village and had a wonderful Italian meal and a great nights sleep.

We spent the day today doing a bit of laundry, uploading photos for our blog at the Library and walking around town.  We bumped into a couple of the Australians (Margaret and Tahira) and ended up having a lovely dinner with them and John and Lynne. 

Back at Hotel Berthoud, a family owned hotel since 1960, we chatted with 3 generations of the family.

Another early night as we plan to get up early tomorrow to watch the start of one of the TMB races.  The most famous of the 4 Ultra Trail TMB races, consists of running the entire TMB curcuit (168 km´s) in 20 to 24 hours.  It will take us 10 days!
Courmayeur - what a setting this town finds itself in!

Our new friends from down under - Lynne, John, Tahira and Margaret

The wonderful ladies at Hotel Berthoud - 3 generations : Julia, Gabriella & Mrs Berthoud