3 Valleys – Day 8 – Bus Mayhem

Today was a day I would rather forget and even thinking about it now just pisses me off. The people responsible got away with murder (not literally) and we were left with a huge bill.

Our bus back to Montiers was in the afternoon so for most of the day we did absolutely nothing. I could have died of boredom, it was that boring.

When we did arrive to Montiers we were about an hour early for our connecting bus to Lyon airport. Instead of waiting outside at the bus terminal, we waited indoors as it was warmer. When it was about 20 mins to go until the bus was due to depart we started walking to where the bus was due to pick up passengers.

Little did we know that the bus left 15 minutes earlier then the scheduled departure time so we stood out there waiting for no particular reason. If any transportation is scheduled to depart at a certain time, it should depart at that time or later. It should not depart 15 minutes earlier or 1 min earlier for that matter.

When we spoke to the bus company in charge, they said the bus left on time but we were standing there in front of the bus stop so how could this be. They were lying through their teeth by saying it left on time, and one of them even said they were on the bus at the departure time. It was utter nonsense and a load of shit what they were saying.

The argument went on for about 20 minutes and our voices got even louder screaming at each other. It got to a stage where the lady started pushing me. I could have thrown her back to the top of the 3 valleys, I was that angry.

Since our flight was due to take off in 3 hours and we were about 160km from the airport, standing around arguing was not the best thing to do. We could not get a refund or alternative transportation from these disgusting pigs so we had to find a taxi driver willing to drive us to Lyon airport which was about 1.5 hours away.

We did find a friendly taxi driver and got a quote for €250. This is the most expensive cab that I’ve ever been in but its no surprise if the trip is 160 km! As we were short on time, we did ask the taxi driver to drive like “Schumacher”. That’s the only way we could describe how to drive fast and speed as he didn’t speak english and we didn’t know french. He laughed when we mentioned Schumacher and he responded by putting his pedals to the metal when the opportunities arose to do so.

We went through numerous toll booths and at each toll booth he would comment on the lady collecting his money by saying oh magnifeco! The old geezer was a pervert after all. We made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare thanks to this old man. There were no more drama’s to follow as our plane took off on time and landed earlier than expected.

It was an awesome ski trip in the 3 Valleys albeit the cancellations and dramas that ensued. Would I go there again? Probably not as there are other resorts to explore. If you haven’t been the I highly recommend the 3 Valleys!

One final thing I would like to say is I will never do business with that stupid bus company again. Good riddance!

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