TMB then Spain and Portugal

September - October 2022

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- Sep 2, 2022, 3:32pm
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 408 m
- Switzerland Geneva Vieille-Ville Musée Barbier-Mueller 46.201401, 6.145746°12’5” N 6°8’45” E
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Mollymook to Geneva
September 2, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
Leaving Mollymook and driving to Sydney to fly out added many hours to our normal travel time but we were excited. Explored the old town and lakefront.
Traveler Nice photos Lisa, I can see two very happy people all be it tired ones. Another world isn’t it? Enjoy ❤️
9/3/22Reply
Traveler Yes those flamingo lamps are something else
9/3/22Reply
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- Sep 4, 2022, 1:32pm
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 3,688 m
- France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Chamonix Les Bossons Aigu du Midi Building 45.879082, 6.88671745°52’45” N 6°53’12” E
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Chamonix
September 4, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Gorgeous ski town. Took the cable car the Aiguille de Midi up to 3842m. Talk about dizzying. Really felt the effects of altitude. Tingling fingertips, racing heartbeat, feeling like almost ready to pass out. It is a stunning day though and the views are awesome. Yay! We’re in the mountains 🗻🏔👏👏👏👏Read more
Traveler And that’s just the beginning! So beautiful!
9/4/22Reply
Traveler Lots of snow!
9/4/22Reply
Traveler Love a good saucisson!
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- Sep 8, 2022
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 1,154 m
- France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Les Contamines-Montjoie 45.8176, 6.728345°49’3” N 6°43’42” E
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Tour du Mont Blanc
September 8, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Bye to Chamonix. Hi to a great group of fellow trekkers. A family from Colorado, a mother and daughter from near Banff. And four more Americans plus us. Really nice people to travel with. Up and down over these mountains with great views!Read more
Traveler Looks like great weather & stunning scenery. What was the destination town?
9/8/22Reply
Traveler Looking strong Jem!
9/8/22Reply
Traveler Today we leave Le Contamine. First night was Les Houches. 😊
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- Sep 9, 2022
- ⛅ 6 °C
- Altitude: 3,536 m
- Italy Aosta Valley Courmayeur Aiguilles de Trélatête 45.809115, 6.81347445°48’33” N 6°48’49” E
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Walking into Italy
September 9, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Fantastic day today. Weather quite crisp in the morning and at the top of the Col de la Seigne. Rest of the day just beautiful . Stopped at a fantastic spot for a break at Refuge Elizabetta right near the border of France and Italy.Read more
Traveler How beautiful! Another world! And across the seas little John is five! He says hi xx
9/9/22Reply
Traveler Lisa isn’t that walk into Italy something else with the colours of the water, wild flowers and cow bells!
9/11/22Reply
Looks absolutely devine…. tiny bit jelly, here! [Susie]
9/11/22Reply
Traveler You’ve done this already haven’t you Susie?
9/14/22Reply
Traveler Yes it’s amazing. This is the day we found out the Queen had died. 😌
9/12/22Reply
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- Sep 10, 2022, 12:19pm
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 1,660 m
- Italy Aosta Valley Courmayeur Pra Neiron 45.785686, 6.90052845°47’8” N 6°54’2” E
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Courmayeur
September 10, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Found our way here to a spa in a nearby town. (Pre Saint Didier) Sauna, spa, relax and scrumptious lunch in the Italian Alps.
Luxury! [Liz]
9/10/22Reply
Just what you deserve after a long hike! [Liz]
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How good is that! [Liz]
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- Sep 11, 2022, 11:35am
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 1,590 m
- Switzerland Valais Orsières La Fouly 45.933723, 7.09831845°56’1” N 7°5’54” E
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Refuge Bonatti
September 11, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Walked Courmayeur to Refuge Bonatti. Perched high with an incredible view all the way. Most of the trip is 3 star hotels except for tonight. 😳
Traveler I loved the way you’d be hiking along past people on the way and greetings went from Bonjour , Bonjour in France to Buongiorno!!into Italy
9/15/22Reply
Traveler Cosy
9/16/22Reply
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- Sep 12, 2022
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 2,067 m
- Italy Aosta Valley Courmayeur Grand Col Ferret 45.884742, 7.06547845°53’5” N 7°3’56” E
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Up, up, up over to Switzerland
September 12, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Todays walk took us from Italy into Switzerland. We hiked over a pass at 2537m high (Grand Col Ferret) and was around 20km in length. Tonight we’re at La Fouly. Todays height gain was 980m and the loss was 1400m. Gorgeous day. Started with the sun shining on the mountains behind us and with views all round all day.Read more
Traveler Looks beautiful Lisa, what an experience, take care! Xxx
9/12/22Reply
Traveler That was a big day from memory seemed to go on and on.
9/14/22Reply
Traveler I loved the refuges all the comrade of fellow hikers!
9/14/22Reply
Traveler Bet that was yum
9/27/22Reply
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- Sep 13, 2022, 8:20am
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 2,276 m
- France Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Chamonix Le Brévent 45.926556, 6.83364245°55’36” N 6°50’1” E
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Day 13
Le Champex
September 13, 2022 in France ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Some pics not all taken by me but of the group at places we are trekking.
Traveler garden gnomes a plenty!
9/15/22Reply
Traveler Love hearing Gem’s laugh!
9/15/22Reply
Traveler Nice of you to ask him along
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- Sep 14, 2022, 4:00pm
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 1,273 m
- Switzerland Valais Trient Col de la Forclaz 46.057721, 6.99420946°3’28” N 6°59’39” E
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Still in Switzerland, at Triente
September 14, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Hiked a 16km day. Rained a bit just enough to get a bit of use of the waterproof gear we’ve been lugging everyday. These alps are so so high. We see some people trail running them which is astounding we feel. Walking up is tough enough. Height gain 850m, height loss 1040m. This means we’re down low in a valley and the only way out is up! 😩😬Read more
Enjoy, happy it's tough hahah [Kerrie May]
9/14/22Reply
Traveler Kids are enjoying looking at the photos of the toadstools and sheep
9/16/22Reply
Traveler That is so beautifully Swiss!
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- Sep 19, 2022
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 670 m
- Spain Madrid Chueca Plaza de Vazguez de Mella 40.418987, -3.69759540°25’8” N 3°41’51” W
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Madrid
September 19, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Woke up to snow on the mountains in Chamonix just as we’re ready to go. It was a fond farewell to a lovely town. Had dinner on the last night with our newfound TMB friends from Colorado and Seattle. Couldn’t have asked for a nicer group of trekkers and we will miss them. So we zipped over to Madrid where it is lovely and warm. We’ve enjoyed a couple of days here just wandering around, took a tour on the sightseeing bus as you do. Slept looong hours in a our hotel. We’ve been fully in recovery mode after the TMB. Scoffing cafe con leche, empanadas and tapas daily here. Not much in the way of photos to show. Went wandering and found a book each in the English section of a Spanish bookshop. Can’t be without books. Jem is donating his big leather hiking boots as he has no room for them in his case now. They’re pretty heavy and he will be needing some lighter ones for the future treks. (Xmas?) His toenails are black and he’ll lose them for sure. This may be the real reason for better boots. 😜Read more
Traveler Love this
9/19/22Reply
Traveler Oh lord Ted got a blacky from that trek too
9/20/22Reply
Traveler Understandable but glad I didn’t
9/20/22Reply
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