Liberty leads the people of France to victory; The Mona Lisa and her famous smile; The raft of the Medusa (a famous shipwreck); Venus sans her arms
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Photos
Sizzling hot in Paris
We spent most of the day wandering around the Louvre which is sorta mostly kinda no not really climate controlled. Today I learned the French are straight-up allergic to air conditioning.
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chapel of the Holy Cross
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French Bakery
I have, apparently, died and gone to heaven. We were walking, and everyone going the other direction was carrying baguettes… hmmmmm, might be a bakery ahead. carbs. more carbs. ohmagerdCARBS!!
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Musée d’Orsay
This lady seems familiar…
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Eiffel Tower
If you’re going to be tourists, I say go ‘all in’. Not crowded at all, zipped right in. Still breezy and cool this morning!
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Welcome to Paris
Notre Dame at dawn!
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Best campsite on Earth?
We only walked up for the day. Another couple are settled in for the night. If I’d had more time, I’d have stayed late and hiked down in the dark… what must the night sky look like here? …oh well, we’ll just have to come back. :D
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More from Courchevel
Two days before we left home, the plans changed to include the detour to Courchevel… Best spontaneous detour EVER! One week with Yamakasi at summer camp??? omfgyesPLEASE!!
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One more from Annecy
Flipping thru photos this morning, just another random shot from Annecy… if it looks like this in the rain, it must be unbelievable when it’s sunny with blue skis!
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Lac Bleu part Deux
Tracy has arrived! +1 to all selfies. Yes, hiking in the Alps with Saucony Bullets… only shoes I have! @themovementcreative @pkgamericas #swirlsonthemove
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Lincoln Memorial
Alpine flowers
Sorting through some photos and this one is superlative. Everything here makes you want walk, run, swim, move move move!!
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Lac Bleu
Two hour hike to lunch in the Alps. Don’t pinch me!
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Mountain to myself at 2200m
I rode the upper gondola down and slogged back up a couple hundred meters. There’s no one within a quarter mile. Just this view, the sun, the wind… I believe I’ve discovered the perfect spot for a siesta . . .
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2700m
Granted, I ascended by gondola, but the view is still impressive!
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Bonjour Courchevel
This. This is the view… from the window of my room. D8 Caution: Increased rate of ‘grams is imminent!!! #ohmygawdfrenchalps #nofilter
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Au revoir England
Leaving St Pancras station this morning en route to Paris. When I was in high school, I saw a TV show (yes, pre-internet) about some crazy engineers who were going to try tunneling thru the chalk under the channel. “How awesome would it be to ride THAT train?!” Bit sad to say goodbye to all my friends (old and new) in London, but we will meet again! Allez! Allez!
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Did you say ‘climbing challenge’?!
Blane setup several climbing challenges in our last session. This was the easiest, but so fun! Was hangin as the coppers rolled by… “and you sir! how old are you?! You should know better!”
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Biplane tour
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