I am visiting my nephew and his family in France. Their home is just on the edge of the small village of Moissin, about 20 minutes away from Geneva. I'm able to make this visit because I had mileage with United—miles I had to use before October 31st or lose them. I hadn't seen my nephew's family for some time, so it seemed a wonderful opportunity.
The flight route was from Sacramento to Chicago, then from Chicago to Frankfurt, then Frankfurt to Geneva. The last leg is an hour long flight, and I had the good fortune to be on the side of the plane that looked out onto the wonder of the Alps. Like Galicia and California, this part of the world has had an unseasonably warm fall. But there has been snow on the highest mountains. Consequently, I looked out onto an endless, white craggy range of mountain peaks with pale blue shadows, peaks that seemed to rise out of an ocean of clouds. It was a scene of white on white. Everywhere I looked there were sharp angles of white, rolls of foamy white, wisps of white, and all of it under a blue sky that was deepening toward dusk. I don't think I will ever forget it—and much to my frustration, even though I had my camera hanging on a strap from my neck, it didn't even occur to me to take a picture! My return flight won't be through Frankfurt, it goes from Geneva to Washington instead, so I won't be able to recoup my loss. But, above, I've made use of two free photos of the French Alps. Imagine these rising out of clouds upon clouds instead above of the scenery you see in the pictures.
As it turns out, a small chapel at the top of a hill in the village of Moissin is one of the pilgrim stops for pilgrims walking to Santiago de Compostela. A road edging the village has the familiar clam shell icon that signifies St. James and the pilgram's road. I must say, having looked at similar si
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I hope you're enjoying your trip! It sounds like an interesting place. :)
And I love James Levine.
Another long-distance trip. You do get around.
Sounds like a beautiful trip. Beautifully written post too.
Oh wow, enjoy yourself, sounds like fun and I so love the photos.
Liz ain't goin' nowhere for long time!
Ain't no more WISHLIST for that CALIZ EQUEJOY!
And Berriro teamin' with Ada for support in COMEADEN !
That girl RUTH with IRA- PLO?
She a SYLOPA..she the one in SULEA.
She the real PB QUEEN!
Oh ya.
EMPERASS.
Great photos, Elizabeth. Have a lovely trip.
Golden Eagle, it is a lovely place. I took some pictures, but forgot to bring my apparatus to download it, so I'll have to wait until my return to post them.
Richard, thanks to mileages points earned when my husband was traveling on business and I went with him a couple of times. It's great to see my nephew and his family.
Theresa, thanks for the nice comments.
Tanya and Rachna, Thanks for the good wishes. I wish I had taken those photos, but I pulled them off the Internet (free pictures). They do give some idea, though, of what I was talking about.