Page 7 of Luv2Walk Travel Blog Posts


Europe » France July 14th 2015

It's official - hiking the Mont Blanc trail got off to a good start this morning at approximately 8:50 am and the day finished at 3:51 pm. Boy was I tired and ready for a beer along with a refreshing shower when I got to my hotel. Very warm day that had a lot of uphill and a lot more downhill. We took the cable car from Chamonix up to Planpraz and started the hike from there. Photo 1 was taken right before we started this morning when I still looked fresh - definitely didn't look that good when we finished. There were a lot of people on the trail at the beginning but it thinned out as the day went on. Photos 2 - 6 and 8-9 show some of the terrain we hiked on ... read more
IMG_0565
IMG_0566
IMG_0568

Europe » France July 13th 2015

How many of you have been wondering if I decided to paraglide today or not??? I won't keep you in suspense any more. Yes I did and OMG it was totally an awesome experience and so glad I decided to go ahead and do it!!! (I don't have any pictures to post but did get a video which I will have to wait until I get home to look at) David was my pilot and he is a local who has been doing this for many years so has a lot of knowledge of how the winds are affected by the heat, cold, snow etc. We began by taking the cable car up to Planpraz which is where I watched the paragliders yesterday. After getting all strapped in we did a little run to the edge ... read more
IMG_0460
IMG_0464
IMG_0471

Europe » France July 12th 2015

OMG - what a day! While I am writing this post/blog I keep thinging how many times am I going to say these exact words once I start hiking Mont Blanc on Tuesday morning??? So this is number one and will see how many more "OMGs" there will be from now until July 26th. This morning I did not wake up until 8:30 - that's a record for me as I never sleep in. Could it have something to do with I did not go to bed until 3 am as I was trying to find a solution to the problem I am having with adding pictures to my blog? which I never did get resolved??? About 9:30 I ventured out of the hotel to see what trouble I could get into (doesn't take much for ... read more
IMG_0307
IMG_0315
IMG_0297

Europe » France July 11th 2015

Had a wonderful time in Geneva today before heading to Chamonix, Franc. After breakfast I had about an hour before my scheduled City tour so thought I would walk around for a while. When I did go and check in for the tour I was told that another part of the tour was cancelled due to the triathlon so I cancelled and went and watched the junior ladies compete in the triathlon. Was so impressed with the speed the ladies had transitioning from swimming to biking and biking to running. A gal from Germany won the junior ladies division and she was totally awesome to watch. Wouldn't you know it, my camera's battery decided it was time to die and of course I left the backup battery back at the hotel in my suitcase. So no ... read more
IMG_0251
IMG_0254
IMG_0257

Europe » Switzerland July 10th 2015

Finally made it to Geneva after an hour delay in London. Had no problems locating the train that I needed to take to get to the center of town. When I walked out of the train station was so surprised to see my hotel diagonally across the street. As I was checking into the hotel the young gentlemen asked me if I had ever been to Geneva before which I said no. I got so lucky as he proceeded to upgrade my room to the top floor with views of the city and a nice size terrace to relax on. After getting settled into my room, I decided I had better locate the company I had booked my city tour with for tomorrow morning to confirm the booking. As I was confirming the tour they told ... read more
IMG_0204
IMG_0206
IMG_0144

North America » United States » Nevada » Henderson July 9th 2015

Watch out Mont Blanc - I'm headed your way!. Leaving for the airport in a few minutes to catch my flight to Geneva, Switzerland. Will post more tomorrow night along with some pictures of the city.... read more




Tot: 0.081s; Tpl: 0.005s; cc: 10; qc: 35; dbt: 0.0534s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb