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Driving vs Flying

Well we're back at home after a fantastic holiday in Les Gets. More pictures to follow but in the meantime I just wanted to report back on the whole driving vs flying experience.

In short, we loved it!

On the way down we took an extra day of holiday and stopped off in Dijon. This really broke up the journey made the whole holiday feel much longer. It also meant that when we got to resort on Saturday we were very relaxed and already fully in holiday mode. Just as a comparison, two of our friends had to get up at 2am that morning in order to catch their flight and so were inevitably exhausted when they arrived.

On the way back however we drove from Les Gets to Norwich in one stint! I though this was going to be really tough but thanks to the quality of the french roads and the Eurostar it was a breeze - in France we drove 500 miles in 8 hours, including getting down the mountain and stopping for fuel/food etc!

From comparing with the rest of our gang who flew, driving took about 3-4 hours longer (this could be more/less depending on where you live) but avoided all the faffing associated with flying, it allows you to set your own agenda, costs about the same and most importantly, we also contributed about half the carbon into the atmosphere :-D

I'm sure it's not for everyone but I am definately converted!