C & D with Mont Blanc

Au revoir, Alps!!

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June 23rd 2006
Well, tomorrow we head back to Paris and from there back to the states, so I think this will be the last installment of our blog. Some of you may be relieved by that... 😊 Today before we turned in our well-used Mont Blanc multipass, we headed up to 3300m to the Grands Montets. It was a beautiful clear day, we could see forever. Even Mont Blanc showed herself for the entire day, as if t ... read more

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