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A lovely day in the French Alps with the girls. Picnic by Lac de Montriand, then a hike up into the mountains where the rejuvenating brisk air made me very happy. Interesting hiking with 5 girls from different countries  and very different views of what hiking is but it was great fun.

Spent Sunday walking around the museums in town. The contemporary art museum was under renovation so not much was open but they did have an interesting exhibition on modern calligraphy. The art and history museum had a very interesting exhibit based on an ancient amphora from Gaza found under the Geneva Cathedral and loads of archaeological artifacts unearthed in the Gaza area.

The Maison Tavel museum is in the oldest house in Geneva and has an amazingly intricate model of the city as it looked in 1850. Apparently some metalsmither spent most of his life building a small version of every single building in Geneva, which was so fortified with city walls and moats that it was said to be one of the safest cities in Europe.

My new most favorite thing ever is the Sunday market in Divonne, France. I biked over thinking I could get a baguette and some fruit. Unbelievable. Rows and rows and tents and tents of fresh produce, breads, meat, cheeses, wines, spices, sweets, you name it…. So I totally forgot about the baguette and splurged on oysters, wine and a chocolate pastry (as if I needed any extra aphrodisiac goodness to fall in love with this place) Those frenchies certainly know what they’re doing in the culinary department and I intend to take full advantage!

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