We have discovered a new kind of bread. It is called Savouet and was only launched in 2011. It is made with “a semi-wholemeal flour rich in fibre and slow carbohydrates.” Apparently it has all kinds of health benefits and the wheat is all grown in the Savoie region.

This was a bit complex for the lady in the bakery to translate so she simplified it to “slightly grey”.

Which we feel is slightly underselling it but I fear we will now always refer to it that way!

Suitably full of bread and jam we decided to go up Mont Vallon before it got too crowded and nearly succeded.

Almost makes you feel sorry for the people down in the valley under the cloud.

In our ongoing quest to seek out picnic spots we found one above Les Menuires with a great view (i.e. away from the resort). If you look carefully you can see that some people go to enormous lengths to get here before the last table goes.

We could not go Les Menuires without visiting La Masse. They don’t have the fancy electronic selfie things here they have a far simpler solution, big mirrors. (see last year’s blog for the other one they have, not sure what is behind this one or what exactly is coming soon, or when).

They also have an exhibition about the telecabine, with lots of information about how it works and how it was built, and this lego model.

Feels like it is missing a bar with people dancing on lego tables but otherwise pretty impressive!