France: The French Alps (2/6)

The French Alps start close to the Canyon of Verdon and wind north east until they spill into Switzerland and Italy. We decided to drive thru the mountains to get from the canyon to Chamonix which took us over 4 passes and into a very beautiful part of France. We didn’t know it until we were passing thru that we were on the route of the 2007 Tour de France (see Briancon) because of all the writing on the road from fans encouraging the riders. We even passed through Albertville (1992 Winter Olympics site) on the way. The trip took a total of 11 hours (compared to 5 hours on the tollway). See the terrific photos!