Category: RTW Travel

  • A Photographer’s Dream

    A Photographer’s Dream

    During our exchange, we had the opportunity to travel around Annecy and visit nearby towns.  The views and scenery were absolutely gorgeous!  These towns are often missed by tourists because people normally visit the larger cities and regions such as Paris, the French Riviera, and Burgundy.  It would take many hours of driving to reach these…

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  • Bern, The City For Wanderers…

    Bern, The City For Wanderers…

    During the second week of our French exchange, we went on a tour to visit some small cities around France.  Since we were right by the border, we decided to stop in Bern, Switzerland so that we could practice our French and learn about a new city at the same time.  We went on a French walking…

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  • Don’t You Want To Sail Away…

    Don’t You Want To Sail Away…

    Our first week of our French exchange was so much fun!  From Monday to Friday, Mikhaila, Zoe, Juline, Clelia, and I were in a rowing and sailing summer camp in Annecy Lake, right up the street from Jacques and Virginie’s house.  In the morning we learned how to row, and in the afternoon we sailed catamarans.  It…

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  • Let the Independent Adventure Begin!

    Let the Independent Adventure Begin!

    It was only two short years ago when we first met the LeNoble family from Annecy, France.  Virginie, Jacques, Zoe and Juline were spending three weeks in Beijing, China.  We just happened to stay at the same awesome hutong. Our families both had two daughters and we decided it would be great to go out into the…

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  • Canada 150!

    Canada 150!

    Oh, Canada! What better timing could there be for our Aussie cousins to visit than during our incredible Canada 150 celebrations?!  As luck would have it (ok, there was some planning involved!), our Fam from the Land Down Under was able to join us for the incredible Canada 150 celebrations in Ottawa. You’re probably thinking…

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