Haute Route: Arolla to Evolene
08/27/07 12:08 PM *Adventure
I promised Mrs R and Bex a rest day so they took the
bus from Arolla to Evolene and I hiked to Les
Hauderes where I took a bus to Evolene, which was not
on the route but was a pretty town with affordable
accomodations.
Sunday morning July 22nd in Arolla: there was no suitable church in the small village but we were nevertheless treated to contemporary Christian music (in French) over the hotel speakers while we ate breakfast. They had the best yogurt we ever tasted and you could add homemade apricot or raspberry puree! A few hours later I stopped at a small dairy farm where a very nice lady who spoke only French served me the best glass of milk I've ever had.
It was basically a rest day for me too as I hiked/ran to Les Hauderes (about 2/3 of the way to Evolene); a cute little town that was having a big street fair (I enjoyed some fresh Belgian waffles) and then caught the bus to Evolene where we found a very nice hotel (and Becky got her own room) with real wood panelling. Obviously it used to be THE PLACE in Evolene and was showing its age a little but we really enjoyed it. Evolene is a very pretty town and we all enjoyed our rest day.
The dairy area (2); and Evolene:
Sunday morning July 22nd in Arolla: there was no suitable church in the small village but we were nevertheless treated to contemporary Christian music (in French) over the hotel speakers while we ate breakfast. They had the best yogurt we ever tasted and you could add homemade apricot or raspberry puree! A few hours later I stopped at a small dairy farm where a very nice lady who spoke only French served me the best glass of milk I've ever had.
It was basically a rest day for me too as I hiked/ran to Les Hauderes (about 2/3 of the way to Evolene); a cute little town that was having a big street fair (I enjoyed some fresh Belgian waffles) and then caught the bus to Evolene where we found a very nice hotel (and Becky got her own room) with real wood panelling. Obviously it used to be THE PLACE in Evolene and was showing its age a little but we really enjoyed it. Evolene is a very pretty town and we all enjoyed our rest day.
The dairy area (2); and Evolene:
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