Monday, August 13, 2012

Locarno Film Festival, Summer 2012

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The Festival of Film is held each summer in Locarno, Switzerland.    This year Alain Delon was honored in person with a lifetime achievem...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Chateau D'Urfé Revisited July 2012

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Chateau d'Urfé was built, like many other chateaus, in the 12th century.  It was started around 1130 by Arnoud d'Urfé and was bo...

Work on Chateau D'Urfé, First Session 2012

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Above, Alan walks by the retaining wall on the left that was built in 2011; He is going to inspect the scaffolding, below...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Some Group Photos of Champoly Rempart Volunteers

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Norbert at the center above, is a professor who gives the group periodic history lessons.   There are periodic outings, lo...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Rieg; Crew Chief Again in 2012

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Rieg has been the boss for the three years that we have volunteered at Chateau D'Urfé. He is a master mason, a good teacher, and v...

Alan's work on Chateau D'Urfé

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2012 was Alan's third year to volunteer at Chateau D'Urfé. He chose two tasks:  to find good stones in surrounding fields for repai...

An Outing to Cervières

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Cervières is a village just off the A89 autoroute, just near the NW border of Rhone-Alpes and Auvergne.  It had a grand chateau from 1170 ti...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Storm Clouds over Lac Leman

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  When we finished the hike at Lac Leman/Lake Genva/Genfersee, storm clouds were rolling in. These pictures were all taken in the space o...

Day 14 GR5 Hike: Down to Lake Leman

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  This was the last day of hiking, up and over two cols. The ground was still wet from recent rains... THis picture is the last...

Day 13 of GR5 Hike: Down to Chappelle D'Abondance

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  From the Col de Bassechaux at 1800 m down over 1000 m... Alan below looks back at the mountains of Sitzerland. Another great ...