Mont Blanc in The Evening

Lost in The Clouds

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August 9th 2013
Bad weather or not, we decided that today we were going to go up the mountains and go for walk. We decided on a walk from Plan Praz, which is 2,000 meters up and a gondola ride from Chamonix, to La Flégère, which is 1,894 meters up and a cable-car ride back down to Les Praz. After the now daily croissant-run, we walked to the gondola station. Given that we also wanted to go to the Aiguille de M ... read more

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