Aiguille du Midi halfway point, look closely for the top

French Alps

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June 27th 2008
How do you get from sea level to the highest point in the Alps? Easy, miss your train to Nimes. So the plan was to head to Provence Thursday afternoon (friday class was cancelled). Wednesday we went to town and made our reservations for the high speed TGV train to Nimes. We had it written on a piece of paper, checked it on the lady's computer screen to confirm our reservation. Well, on th ... read more

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