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Chamonix-Mont Blanc: Night at the Albert 1er hut and ascent of the aiguille du Tour (3540 meters) (2/3)
Part 1 : Conquering Mont-Blanc from Chamonix Part 2 : Night at the Albert 1er hut and ascent of the Aiguille du Tour (3540 meters) Part 3: 4 summits at Monte Rosa! After a few days of preparation all by ourselves, we leave this time with our guide, to climb the Aiguille du Tour which is reputed to be one of the easiest summits of the Mont-Blanc massif. It’s an excellent race for altitude acclimatization and technical preparation Day 6 (Friday, August 10): departure for the Albert 1er hut Today is the real start of our high mountain course. Our guide, Franck (his instagram page), comes to pick us up…
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Conquering Mont-Blanc from Chamonix (France): part 1/3
Part 1 : Conquering Mont-Blanc from Chamonix Part 2 : Night at the Albert 1er hut and ascent of the Aiguille du Tour (3540 meters) Part 3: 4 summits at Monte Rosa! Admiring the legends of mountaineering, I learned a few years ago that the summit of Europe, Mont-Blanc, was accessible for beginners with a good physical condition and a few days of preparation The conquest of Mont-Blanc has since become a fantasy for me So 4 years ago, in July 2014, we spent a week in Chamonix with my brother Vincent and a friend (another Vincent) to do a Mont-Blanc training course Unfortunately, the weather conditions (very bad weather)…
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Chicago (United States): 2 weeks in Americans
Today, I am going to talk to you about my incredible stay in America at the end of 2015. Well, it’s a little dated, but since I didn’t have a blog at the time, I didn’t tell it anywhere. My 2 weeks in Chicago were so incredible that I have to talk about it here (in case my memory fails me one day). It’s never too late, is it? Why Chicago? At that time, I was working for a media agency belonging to a large international group, with offices all over the world. Every year there is a contest called “Live my Life” and the winners are sent for 2…
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Avis and rates for car rental with Leclerc (France)
Leclerc offers vehicle rentals at unbeatable rates, but may be a little fussy on the billing of damages (even minor) upon return of the vehicle. You can read some feedback in the commentary of this article. To avoid this inconvenience, we strongly encourage you to take out specific insurance with Serenitrip. For 5 € per day of rental or 70 € per year, Serenitrip will reimburse you for the repairs that Leclerc may charge you. Read our feedback on Serenitrip. When we return to France, we like to settle temporarily in an isolated place or make a road trip. We have gotten into the habit of renting a vehicle at…
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Our stay in Pays de la Loire (France): Part 3/3
Always accompanied by Rosalie <3 (the cat), we’re taking it easy in our airbnb at Trans sur Erdre, enjoying the garden and watching the series on Netflix. Rosalie likes to eat herbs a lot. I find the cat’s ability to recognize edible herbs (as well as their ability to identify a litter box) fascinating. It brings us a lot of purring and joy As for the garden, I take care of it superbly, and enjoy the tomatoes and raspberries in the garden. It pleases me to have a garden like this from time to time, but I don’t see myself taking care of it all year round, it’s a lot,…
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Our stay in Pays de la Loire (France): Part 2/3
The first part of our stay in the Pays de la Loire, it’s this way Today, we continue to criss-cross France, discovering the most beautiful landscapes of our beloved country Angers We finally arrive in Angers, where Jb’s uncle and his family live. It’s a city I’ve wanted to visit for a long time, but the opportunity has never presented itself until now We have lunch near the art museum. It is Saturday but this district is almost empty, we hardly find some shopkeepers open between noon and two. Even the restaurants are closed. It should be said that we are July 14, day of the French national holiday Then…
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Our stay in the Pays de la Loire (France): Part 1/3
Between South Korea and the wedding of JB’s brother in Tours in September, we spend a few months in Europe, more particularly in the Pays de la Loire, in a village 35 minutes drive from Nantes : Trans sur Erdre. And we have company: our cat, who will go on vacation with us Why Trans on Erdre? Everybody asks us this question 😀 We have friends in Nantes, and the only house with a garden, available in July and accepting cats, is in Trans sur Erdre. So we paid for a month’s rent via Airbnb and we came with our cat The cat’s vacation Well, it’s never easy to get…
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Total transport budget Round the world 2016 – 2017 – 21 countries crossed in 11 months
As you knew, we have a round-the-world ticket that only includes long haul flights. Most of the trips in Asia and South America are outside the round-the-world ticket. Since transportation is a big budget, we are giving you here the detailed budget so you can have a good idea of the cost, so it may help you, if you have very few destinations, to decide whether or not to buy a round-the-world ticket. The total cost of all transportation (excluding cabs) is estimated at 8000€/person for 21 countries crossed France – South Africa – Qatar (short stay) – India – Nepal – Thailand – Burma – Vietnam – China (Hong…
