Col d'Izoard. Sep 2010

During our vacation in Pontis, close to Embrun and Gap, by the lake of Serre Poncon in Les Alpes de Haute Provence, Sam rode up le Col d'Izoard.

Love the vintage cycling outfit!

Tractor 1 - You know you're in Oregon when...

there is a John Deere tractor on the picture... (Corvallis - Peoria Road - Labor Day 2010).

Pascal, Elodie & Charlie

We went to the Alimentarium this week end. Before we walked into the "food" museum, we said hi to Charlie Chaplin who passed away in Vevey where we took this picture.

Geneva's lake from les Rochers de Naye - Switzerland

Only in Switzerland..

can you find a fork in a lake...

Chateau de Chillon - Switzerland

Hike to the lake of Mauvoisin - Valais - Switzerland

How many weeks had it been? way too many. I couldn't even remember the last time we had sunshine. It feels like we got robbed from a nice spring here. But this week end felt like summer (even if as I'm typing a major rain storm started...) So we got out, couln't get enough of this nice weather. Sunday we went an hike in the swiss Alps. We drove up in the mountains realizing even before we were out of the car that we were not equipped to do what we were hoping for. The snow level is still low. So we hiked up to a dam and stopped there. The plan was to go around the lake but the light hiking boots were not good enough. The trail was closed ayway. Will just have to come back when the snow is gone and the lake is higher...

Time... for spring.

I'm ready for spring! We finally switch to spring time this week end.

I sent a quick email to a couple of friends in the US to let them know:

- "we're changing our clocks this week end".

And I got the following answer from V.:

- "what kind of new clocks are you getting or do you guys just swap with the neighbors?"

Still laughing about it.

Val's Birthday - Costume party

Good times with some lovely air hostesses this week end at Val's birthday party.

More on Christophe Perillat... and the cows of the elementary school

I posted a message on Nordic Skiing not long ago. Sam interviewed that day the winner of the 50 mile ski race (Transjurassienne): Christophe Perillat. Here are more pics that Sam took right after the interview.

The winner finishes with a bell around his nake: that's the tradition.

The press room was in the elemetary school of the village close to the finish line. (Alex Rousselet is on the pic above).

I really like the cows on the wall behind the athletes! They were drawn by the children after a cow competition that took place in the area. The drawings are also inspired by a drawing from a (famous for his cows) local artist: Marcel Mille (see below).