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What an amazing experience! When Kristin and I were first planning out our trip through Europe we decided that after Paris we were going to head to the French Riviera...yeah not really sure what we were thinking....number one we are on a backpackers budget so we do not really have the monez to go there...and number two...our clothes include hiking pants, hiking shoes and long sleeved fleece shirts. Yeah i think we would probably stick out pretty bad. Anyway I had been reading in one of our books about this wonderful little town called Chamonix which is settled in the middle of the French Alps. It is basically a town full of people who love snow sports. After telling Kristin about it her response was "OK" haha so we headed to Chamonix.....wow...what can I say other then it took my breath away and the second we got there I was mad that we did not have more then three days.....The French Alps are totally under rated!!!! Seeing as how I am currently in Zermatt, Switzerland I can say that the French Alps kill the Swiss Alps. We had a greae time in Chamonix...stayed in a great hostel where we met interesting people (one guy was a squatter) yes...that is right. He did not have a house....he was self employed and simply had a camp up in the mountains set up for him to sleep...that is about it...he asaid he eats out every meal b-c he does not have water or heat....interesting....would not want to be him....but he is loving the life he is leading which is really all that matters. The second day in Chamonix we took a cable car up to the top (12,000 feet) and the views where AMAZING. I would have posted more pictrures however it does not seem to be working well so only a couple went through.....This so far has been my favorite place in the world :)
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