Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts
Monday, November 19, 2012
Friday, November 09, 2012
Every year there is a tradition in the wine area in Gland, near Genève: the so called open wine cellars days, in french "les caves ouvertes".
That means: you pay for the glass and have the choice to visit all the cellars in the villages around Gland. And so we did ... ambling from cave to cave, enjoying the last sunny day with beautiful colours around us, delicious cheese and chocolate fondue. It's the end of the indian summer - getting colder by now, more and more people are coughing in the library and it's time to grab your winter jacket.
last sunny bits.
à la prochaine
Katie
Monday, October 22, 2012
First weekend in Switzerland
The people from Geneva call it "their" mountains: le Salève. But: it's in France. You drive from the valley of Cruseilles to Annemasse. And this is just beautiful.
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| Indian summer is calling |
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| ces couleurs! |
| Bienvenue à Genève! |
Hitting the road south to Chamonix.
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| hidden Mont Blanc |
And there it is: the Mont Blanc - Covered in clouds and snow - the
highest mountain of Europe (4810m). Chamonix Mont-Blanc is the place to
be when you start to go up there or if you want to go shopping in a
chanel store (yes - there is a chanel store in the middle of the
Alps... I'd say crazy) or if you wanna see the Mont Blanc from the
mountain next to, so called the "Aiguille du Midi" (3842
m). The good thing: you can go up there by cable car :). And we were
well prepared with no winter jackets and 0°C.. . Singing "All summer
long" from Kid Rock we headed back north to the "lac léman". What a
special weekend - good weather, great company and a lot of moments when
we died of laughter. Eirini and Katie on tour!
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| prepared for all nationalities. |
| brave climber n° 1 |
| brave climber n° 2 |
| extreme sport on the mt. blanc |
| le doit des Alpes |
| lac léman, coucher du soleil |
À la prochaine!
xx Katie













