We wanted to do something special for our 30th anniversary. After much discussion we decided on this trip. We had to sign up a year in advance, so by the time we went on the trip, we were past our 31st anniversary. We lost weight and exercised to get in shape. We carried daypacks. Our luggage was taken by van between hotels while we hiked. We had great dinners every night and local wines with dinner. We would have a quick breakfast early in the morning and start hiking. The Mont Blanc Massif contains the highest mountain in Europe and is where mountaineering began. We hiked from France into Italy and Switzerland and back into France. We enjoyed some of the most superb scenery in the Alps.