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If I told you…

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

If I told you I was considering paragliding in the Alps, would you join me? Or report me? 

With its peak at just over 4000  meters, Mt. Blanc doesnt even reach the base of Everest but nonetheless this mountain should be amazing with you guessed it.. snow.  Blanc means white.  Snow is white… nevermind.

It’ll be just like the “Sound of Music.” Only colder… with a cable car,  a major lack of “do, re, me, fa, so’s” and absolutely no children.   And I guess Mt. Blanc borders italy and france, not Austria. But otherwise – exactly the same. 

At 40 Euros up round trip via cable car, I’m ready to do it, though the 90 Euro alternative of paragliding is tempting. 

And so I’m off to the train station and the office of tourism to try to make this happen.  It would be quite the way to finish off the 2nd of many visits to La France.  Unless of course I get smashed to bits on a cliff.  No worries about my body.  Wanted to donate it anyways.  ;)

The City of Lyon

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Lyon is lovely and I love it!

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Fields of Green, Villages of Old

Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Before you think to yourselves, well what a shame, allow  me to tell you how much I adored the atmosphere of the villages and roads of the Bourgogne region.  And how they were worth the experience.  I will never forget my ... [Continue reading this entry]

Thank goodness for tomato juice

Sunday, June 20th, 2010
It all happened rather quickly. The parents were home early from work on Saturday and I spent a lot of time cleaning and neatening up just so I was still getting work done.  The family and myself had talked in the beginning ... [Continue reading this entry]

french toast

Sunday, June 20th, 2010
June 17, 2010 I could have sworn everyone on the streets was speaking French… Ive moved on to the Bourgogne region of France at a faster rate than my blogging of China so its time to switch gears a bit while ... [Continue reading this entry]