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The balconies were strategic to the designhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc027881.jpgDSC02788https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc027921.jpgDSC02792https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc027961.jpgDSC02796https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc027801.jpgDSC02780https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc027731.jpgDSC02773https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc028031.jpgDSC02803https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc027751.jpgDSC027752016-02-08T03:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/11/29/day-touring-through-tuscany/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_757811.jpgIMG_7578https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7528.jpgIMG_7528https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7551.jpgIMG_7551https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_75321.jpgIMG_7532https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_75391.jpgIMG_7539https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7511.jpgIMG_7511https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7504.jpgIMG_7504https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_75331.jpgIMG_7533https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7589.jpgIMG_7589https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_7510.jpgIMG_75102016-02-07T04:56:30+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/11/29/planes-trains-and-automobiles-a-day-in-cinque-terre/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_73141.jpgIMG_7314https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc02483.jpgDSC02483https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc02483.jpgDSC02483https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc025032.jpgDSC02503https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc025031.jpgDSC02503https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc02503.jpgDSC02503https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc02384.jpgDSC02384https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc02197.jpgDSC02197https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc02433.jpgDSC02433https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc025052.jpgDSC025052015-11-29T22:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/08/16/leaning-towards-a-half-day-in-pisa/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7848.jpgIMG_7848https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7844.jpgIMG_7844https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7835.jpgIMG_7835She's riiighht 'there'.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8095.jpgIMG_8095"I'm crushing yer head". (Canadian KITH fans will know what I mean)https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7874.jpgIMG_7874Ironically as you try to capture its "lean", it looks rather straight across the grassy knoll. https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7868.jpgIMG_7868The detail is captured in this close up.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7886.jpgIMG_7886https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8095-1.jpgIMG_8095 (1)2015-08-16T23:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/08/16/math-science-fashion-art-oh-my/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7038.jpgIMG_7038Hmmmm....https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6781.jpgIMG_6781Galileo's telescopehttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7070.jpgIMG_7070An Astrolabe...https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6692.jpgIMG_6692We got caught in a rainstorm...https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_7010.jpgIMG_7010Oh my goodness!https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6533.jpgIMG_6533And we saw it coming...https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8056.jpgIMG_8056https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_8023.jpgIMG_8023https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_79391.jpgIMG_7939https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_79421.jpgIMG_79422015-08-16T22:29:44+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/17/girls-who-live-by-the-mountains-visit-other-mountains/2015-08-16T17:26:26+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/06/20/paris-museums-not-just-for-rainy-days/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00182.jpgDSC00182https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00217.jpgDSC00217https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00205.jpgDSC00205https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00196.jpgDSC00196https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00204.jpgDSC00204Fresh floral wreaths are present at his tombhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00215.jpgDSC00215https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00157.jpgDSC00157https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00199.jpgDSC00199Napoleon' tomb from abovehttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00176.jpgDSC00176https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc00173.jpgDSC001732015-08-16T17:20:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/06/20/a-day-riding-the-rails-from-zermatt-to-florence/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6319.jpgIMG_6319https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6309.jpgIMG_6309https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6311.jpgIMG_6311https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6337.jpgIMG_6337https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6321.jpgIMG_6321https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6334.jpgIMG_6334https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6335.jpgIMG_6335https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6358.jpgIMG_6358Waiting in Visp (I think) for our train connection. This was the only place - the entire trip - where we found take-away coffee. And it was decent. From something like a 7-11 meets Co-op grocery store.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6342.jpgIMG_6342Just feels, you know, typical...https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6326.jpgIMG_63262015-08-16T05:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/06/20/helping-flat-levi-see-the-world/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01372.jpgDSC01372While he didn't make it to the top of Aiguille du Midi, he insisted we take him to the top of the Glacier Mountain Paradise in Zermatt, Switzerland. Although we were not able to get a glimpse of the Matterhorn that day due to poor weather, with a very firm grip, we got this panoramic shot for his Swiss photo album.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00614.jpgDSC00614A visit to Chamonix, France would not be complete without a photo of Le Dru. Flat Levi & I checked that off our list.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00612.jpgDSC00612Flat Levi & I in Chamonix, France, posing with Mer de Glace. He too was amazed at how the glacier advances and recedes. To learn more on that, check out Astrid's blog post.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc08548.jpgDSC08548Our first full day in France - completely jetlagged - we tackled Versailles. Levi was cheerful through that 13 hour day and even posed with me at the palace gates before we left.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc08530.jpgDSC08530Astrid aspired to eat her body weight in Pain au Chocolate. Flat Levi just wanted a bite.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9908.jpgIMG_9908https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9802.jpgIMG_9802https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9794.jpgIMG_9794https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9779.jpgIMG_9779https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_9733.jpgIMG_97332015-07-27T02:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/06/20/better-than-disneyland-zermatt-and-the-matterhorn/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6044.jpgIMG_6044https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6041.jpgIMG_6041https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6085.jpgIMG_6085https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6087.jpgIMG_6087https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6117.jpgIMG_6117https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6111.jpgIMG_6111https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6150.jpgIMG_6150https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6152.jpgIMG_6152https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6308.jpgIMG_6308Not that we wrote our postcards AT the mailbox....at the train station in Zermatt.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_6265.jpgIMG_62652015-07-12T04:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/06/20/birds-eye-view-from-chamonix/https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01104.jpgDSC01104Astrid - reflecting....https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc01004.jpgDSC01004A gondola that was closed during our visit. Possibly the one that could have taken us to Itlay for lunch?https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00958.jpgDSC00958Heading out the tunnelhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00835.jpgDSC00835The tiny little figures getting ready to ski their favourite lines.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00478.jpgDSC00478Mer de Glacehttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00546.jpgDSC00546The train that took us up to Montenvers where we enjoyed Mer de Glace and views of Le Druhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00649.jpgDSC00649https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00530.jpgDSC00530Spring has begun to appear on the mountainsides, as seen from the little red train.https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00453.jpgDSC00453https://mapsandflipflops.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc00842.jpgDSC00842Skiers in action - makes my stomach drop2015-06-21T01:10:16+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/25/a-sea-of-ice-in-chamonix/2015-05-26T19:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/25/does-kate-spade-make-a-85l-backpack/2015-05-25T19:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/22/versailles-gardens-marie-antoinettes-hamlet/2015-05-22T21:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/19/versailles-a-lesson-in-opulence/2015-05-19T22:40:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/19/we-took-the-midnight-train-going-anywhere/2015-05-19T22:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/17/arc-de-triomphe/2015-05-17T22:57:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/17/notre-dame-you-know-where-the-hunchback-lives/2015-05-17T22:34:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/17/eyes-on-the-eiffel/2015-05-17T10:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/15/paris-stone/2015-05-16T17:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/14/les-catacombes-de-paris/2015-05-14T22:02:32+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/14/eleven-sisters-celebrate-in-paris/2015-05-14T21:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/2015/05/11/home-away-from-home/2015-05-11T23:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://mapsandflipflops.com/about/2015-05-04T04:56:22+00:00weekly0.6https://mapsandflipflops.comdaily1.02016-02-12T18:35:11+00:00