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Beautiful surroundings - this goes right down to the lake | | At a Halloween party held by my work colleague Aamer and his girlfriend |
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This snake costume has come in handy for years! | | Kenny's birthday party, at a laser tag place |
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We took a walk along the northern part of the Toblerone trail (with all the WWII anti-tank structures) | | Another visit to Chillon Castle - about a year after our first visit |
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The little beach just next to the castle | | We spent 4 days in Paris, staying in a rented apartment. It was hundreds of years old (I think we were told it was from the 1600's, though they could be exaggerating), fairly comfortable, with really high ceilings |
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| | At the Louvre - it was interesting watching people copy the old masters |
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At the Mona Lisa. It looks like we're along there, but there were actually loads of people just around us | | The Louvre had lots of cozy little nooks that you could relax in, and look out the window |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2258.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2249.jpg) | Famous view of the gargoyles on Notre Dame. The pictures snapped here probably number in the millions | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2269.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2278.jpg) | Looking down at the rest of the Notre Dame | | We found this playground, which is the exact same setup as the playground in Kenny's old school in Bellevue |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2280.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2286.jpg) | At the Centre Des Monuments Nationaux, very close to our apartment | | A pretty good falafel place we went to in the old Jewish quarter. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2297.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2307.jpg) | One thing that's good about these major tourist attractions is that there's always another tourist around to take your photo! | | A sunny day for the Eifel Tower |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/11-21-2012-paris/gallery_img_2449.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-03-2012/gallery_mvi_2452.jpg) | | | Peter, reluctantly reading a book from school in French. I should have taken a video the first time he read it because he had lots more enthusiasm |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0003.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0007.jpg) | On our way to the Escalade festivities in the old town. The Escalade is a festival that commemorates a victory by Geneva against the Savoyards in 1604. | | At our go-to restaurant - Chez ma Cousine |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0011.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0013.jpg) | | | Replicas of the ladders used to scale the wall |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0019.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0034.jpg) | At the entryway to the Passage de Monetier | | From the cathedral towers |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0041.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0045.jpg) | During the Escalade, you get to tour areas of the tower that aren't normally accessible. This is the bell control room | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0065.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0064.jpg) | They had a little game area for kids, where they could win candy | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2012/12-08-2012/gallery_img_0072.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2012/12-09-2012/gallery_img_2453.jpg) | | | Ice skating in Carouge. Both the ice skating rink and skate rental were free! Peter learned a lot. |
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