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Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Aix-les-Bains September 22nd 2013

Wed 18thSeptember Baveno to Aix les Bains, France 239 miles It was cloudy with sun when we woke up, so after packing up and saying goodbye to our neighbours, we headed off – in the wrong direction towards Milan and Genova!! After a string of tunnels eventually we were able to turn around and head north towards the Simplon Pass. We climbed steadily up through the valley with some magnificent views of the villages, waterfalls everywhere, raging torrents of rivers after yesterdays snow, cows with their cow bells and cloud hanging across the mountain tops! We soon reached the snowline and summit of the Simplon Pass at 2005 metres where the sun shone on the gleaming white snow capped mountains! (ok – so there was a bit of cloud around as well....and we did have a ... read more
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Top of Simplon Pass
Sully-sur-Loire Chateau

Europe » France » Rhône-Alpes » Aix-les-Bains March 10th 2012

This trip has truly been the most amazing oppotunity. When applying to graduate school, I never imagined getting to travel to Europe and meet fascinating people would be a part of my education! Over the past few weeks, I've gotten a chance to do some traveling around france and see some incredible sights. Two friends of mine from the states visited, and I had a wonderful time while they were here! I was actually co-authoring papers with both of them, so we took the opportunity to write while we were watching the french country side go by on train rides, or sitting beside the medeteranian sea, the eiffel tower, or the french alps. I'm pretty sure those are the best "offices" I've ever had. The innovation project seems to be going very smoothly over here. The ... read more
Lake at Annecy
Church in Aix Les Bains
I found a little bit of my home state in Annecy




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