When your German friends invite you to take a walk on the beach, ask how many tens of kilometers they plan to march before you answer.
We took a break from our workation* in Chamonix to visit our dear friends Uwe and Frauke in Hamburg last weekend.
Uwe decided that after spending so much time in the [...]
Filed under: Such as it is, Workation France on June 19th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Five things you should bring from home, four of which I’ve spent way too much money on since we’ve arrived in France but are essential for a workation*:
Sunscreen: You can’t skate out of a pharmacy or even a grocery store with sunscreen for under 10 euro, about $13.85 at the current exchange rate. Even tiny [...]
Filed under: Such as it is, Workation France on June 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
If you live away from the mountains, the only time you hear about a climbing accident is if something big goes down on Mt. Everest, or if the Today Show picks up an amazing tale of survival from a fourteener hike gone wrong. But when you live in the mountains, climbing and skiing accidents appear [...]
Filed under: Climbing, Workation France on June 1st, 2009 | 4 Comments »