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July 5th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chambéry
I live in the dog shit capital of the world. The French call it "le crottin de chien," but a rose by any other name, so to speak. The owners give their pooches carte blanche, and for the rest of us, ... 6 photos [full story]
I live in the dog shit capital of the world. The French call it "le crottin de chien," but a rose by any other name, so to speak. The owners give their pooches carte blanche, and for the rest of us, ... 6 photos [full story]
June 30th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chamonix
After a pretty decent French breakfast, coffee, croissants, cheese, jam, and more coffee, we decided to make more use of the cablecar passes to access some good walking. Not as high as yesterday, but ... 6 photos [full story]
After a pretty decent French breakfast, coffee, croissants, cheese, jam, and more coffee, we decided to make more use of the cablecar passes to access some good walking. Not as high as yesterday, but ... 6 photos [full story]
June 29th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Mont Blanc
The hotel gave us coffee but was not set up for breakfast, so we drank coffee, tried to get online (failed as the hotel connection was down), packed up and left. We stopped at a motorway services whe ... 6 photos [full story]
The hotel gave us coffee but was not set up for breakfast, so we drank coffee, tried to get online (failed as the hotel connection was down), packed up and left. We stopped at a motorway services whe ... 6 photos [full story]
June 17th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Grenoble
The morning started out pretty funny. Tiffany decided to take a walk around Brignoud with one of the girls since we weren't going into Grenoble until later that day. A few minutes later she came b ... [full story]
The morning started out pretty funny. Tiffany decided to take a walk around Brignoud with one of the girls since we weren't going into Grenoble until later that day. A few minutes later she came b ... [full story]
June 16th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Grenoble
By the time we woke up Tuesday morning, Pierre and Christine were already in the garden working. Over breakfast we decided to tackle Charmant Som, which is one of the peaks in the Chartreuse, and ... [full story]
By the time we woke up Tuesday morning, Pierre and Christine were already in the garden working. Over breakfast we decided to tackle Charmant Som, which is one of the peaks in the Chartreuse, and ... [full story]
June 15th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Grenoble
The two of us don't really need much of an excuse for a weekend away, so when Matt and Janelle, our friends from Australia moved to Grenoble in the French Alps how could we resist? We took a day off w ... 40 photos [full story]
The two of us don't really need much of an excuse for a weekend away, so when Matt and Janelle, our friends from Australia moved to Grenoble in the French Alps how could we resist? We took a day off w ... 40 photos [full story]
June 22nd 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Chambéry
My goodness how the time flies when all you do is eat cheese and drink wine. I am approaching the end of month one in Chambéry, fat as a Christmas goose. I have joined a gym to counteract the effect ... [full story]
My goodness how the time flies when all you do is eat cheese and drink wine. I am approaching the end of month one in Chambéry, fat as a Christmas goose. I have joined a gym to counteract the effect ... [full story]
June 19th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Annecy
Just outside Geneve. ... 12 photos [full story]
Just outside Geneve. ... 12 photos [full story]
June 15th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Grenoble
Monday was our first day in the Rhone-Alps region of France. Grenoble is in a valley practically surrounded by high mountains with snow at their peak even in June. Pierre technically lives in the ... [full story]
Monday was our first day in the Rhone-Alps region of France. Grenoble is in a valley practically surrounded by high mountains with snow at their peak even in June. Pierre technically lives in the ... [full story]
June 14th 2009 Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Lyon
We woke up very early on Sunday to take the TGV train to see my friend Pierre who lives near the French Alps in Grenoble. After saying sad goodbyes to our hosts Jean and Annick we took the local tra ... 11 photos [full story]
We woke up very early on Sunday to take the TGV train to see my friend Pierre who lives near the French Alps in Grenoble. After saying sad goodbyes to our hosts Jean and Annick we took the local tra ... 11 photos [full story]
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