Nostalgie du 14 juillet

Category: Chamonix

«Return to Chamonix» – A special 5-part photo-illustrated story of a trip to the French Alps. Due to its narrative nature, this category is displayed in true chronological order: oldest posts first.

Nostalgie du 14 juillet

July 14, 2022

Chamonix, Français, On the road

Quelques vieilles photos de famille, un peu introspectives, tirées de scans récents d'un album jaunissant. Those were the days. Yours truly, blond and barefoot, gasping at...

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Return to Chamonix, Part 5 – The Geneva Spur

November 26, 2019

Airborne, Chamonix

We leave Chamonix behind late morning on Pentecost Sunday, heading northwest through the Aravis massif towards Geneva. The weather has deteriorated into a stormy mess and we...

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Return to Chamonix, Part 4 – Retour à la montagne

November 7, 2019

Chamonix

High above Chamonix, a sharp granite needle called Aiguille du Midi shoots into the sky as if attempting to escape Earth's embrace. Belonging to a crisply jagged ridge called les...

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Return to Chamonix, Part 3 – SIV Over Lake Annecy

October 20, 2019

Airborne, Chamonix

That first night in Chamonix, we sleep blissfully and get up in Goldilocks fashion, not too early nor too late, preparing strong coffee with the provided stove-top espresso maker....

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Return to Chamonix, Part 2 – Club Alpin Français

August 31, 2019

Airborne, Chamonix

Seated in the garden behind the Chamonix house, a glass in hand and dreamy eyes on the peaks above, I set my thoughts adrift and land in Côte d'Azur, long, long ago. Tucked...

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Return to Chamonix, Part 1 – France Is In The Air

August 10, 2019

Airborne, Chamonix, On the road

The year is 2019. With the exception of a couple of brief, in-airport layovers while flying to or from South Africa with my head in the clouds and thoughts adrift, it has been a...

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