Courmayeur. I am in Courmayeur now. Arturo didn't call and I had to do something, so I decided to come here and go up to rifugio Elisabetta Soldini tomorrow, despite the weather and all. It is an hour's bus ride from Aosta, the valley is nice, there are loads of castles and forts. Courmayeur isn't to my liking. It is not pretty, very touristy and expensive. And there are many people here, maybe because of the mountains races UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) and CCC (Courmayeur-Champeh-Chamonix) that both start tomorrow.