Highlights of Our Three-Week Family Trip to Europe
I will never forget the one-page article I read decades ago in Newsweek by a prominent female journalist about the importance of transgenerational travel and how it changed her life. I was in my late...
View ArticleLooking Up at Paris from a Boat Cruise Along the Seine
I will always love Paris and the City of Light (as she is lovingly called) will never cease to amaze and surprise me. What I love the most about Paris is that no matter how many times I visit, I always...
View ArticleThe Power of Intergenerational Travel: Me, My Dad and Son Hike Around Mont Blanc
It was yet another beautiful day hiking in the Alps. The sky was a robin’s egg blue dotted with powderpuff clouds. A gentle breeze kissed my face and the stunning scenery of the Alps made me...
View ArticleA Taste of the Tour de Mont Blanc
Known as one of the greatest multi-day treks in the world, the Tour de Mont Blanc (TMB) is a circular tour of 105 miles/170 kilometers around the mighty Mont Blanc massif traversing three countries –...
View ArticleChamonix: The Most Beautiful Town at the Heart of Mont Blanc
It was perhaps a bit serendipitous that we chose to spend the last four days of our Tour de Mont Blanc in the glorious mountain town of Chamonix in France. For it was here, back in the summer of 1966...
View ArticleChamonix, France: Hike to the glorious Le Brévent
On our first full day in Chamonix, we opted for a shorter hike as the weather was unfortunately overcast and foggy. Despite knowing that the views would not be perfect, we decided to take the gondola...
View ArticleTake a ride with me to the top of Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix
Getting to the top of Aiguille du Midi to catch a glimpse of Mont Blanc was without a question a must do experience when we were hiking in Chamonix this past summer. Roughly 21 years ago, my own dad...
View ArticleA Panoramic Hike Along the Grand Balcon Nord to the Mer de Glace in Chamonix
After our sensational ride up to the top of Aiguille du Midi, it was time to board the gondola and head back down to the Plan de l’Aiguille (2317 m/7,602 ft) for our afternoon hike. The day before we...
View ArticleUnforgettable Hikes along the Tour de Mont Blanc: Hike from Col des Montets...
Sometimes in life, the best comes last. Serendipitously, this proved true with our very last hike on our intergenerational do it ourselves Tour de Mont Blanc (TMB). After ten glorious days of hiking...
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