The Alps, no substitute

This summer, I finally tried the unique Tour du Mont Blanc hike. Thanks to the Alps, I enjoyed summer for the first time in so many years. · The Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is recognized worldwide as a hiking route, and the richness of the scenery here is breathtaking. Snow-capped mountains, lakes, canyons, meadows, glaciers, waterfalls, the three-dimensional mountain landscape combination is never repetitive, and every day of hiking brings new surprises. The classic traverse loop maximizes these scenic combinations, and every summer and autumn, hiking on this route feels like being in a fairyland, with rich colors making one think that God accidentally spilled the palette on the Alpine plateau. · This time, I teamed up with my boyfriend and two other friends to participate in the Tour du Mont Blanc hike. Everyone came from all over the world to the Alps (Sweden, Japan, China), and we almost couldn't have fun together due to other obstacles along the way~ · Our itinerary this time was a counterclockwise route, 7 days and 6 nights, Day 1: Notre Dame de la gorge - Refuge du Bonhomme Day 2: Refuge du Bonhomme - Rifugio Elisabetta Day 3: Rifugio Elisabetta - Rifugio Bertone Day 4: Rifugio Bertone - Rifugio Elena Day 5: Rifugio Elena - Champex Day 6: Champex - Trient Day 7: Trient - Le Tour · We stayed in mountain huts along the way, had luggage transfer services, and guides, so we only needed to carry daily necessities for light hiking. Each day involved about 6-7 hours of hiking, with breakfast and dinner at the mountain huts (tasty!); lunch was a picnic lunch, simple but nutritious, and the guide thoughtfully prepared local cheeses from different valleys for us. · Along the way, we saw a variety of changing landscapes, experienced the different customs and cultures of France, Italy, and Switzerland, chatted with people from different regions such as France, the US, Russia, and Australia, improved our English and French a bit, got stung by hornets, fell flat on my face during the hike, and was pushed in a wheelchair to the airport... It was indeed a very comprehensive experience ·