Italy and France, August-September 2008
After Geneva and Interlaken, going to Italy came down to Marco's invitation and the toss of a coin, since I had originally planned on hiking from Switzerland to be in France in time for the international canyoning rendezvous at Vercors. As it turned out I was in quite the wrong frame of mind for the amount of water to be found in Italian canyons, but Italy is quite amazing.
The photos here cover the all-too-brief time I spent in Italy, RIC2008 at Vercors near Grenoble, and Paris. (BTW the dates on some of the file names came straight off the camera and are not accurate).
Italy (Val Bodengo, Milan, & en route to France)
I wasn't happy with the photos I had from Bodengo canyon - the old Canon Powershot A40 has served faithfully in its waterproof housing for many years but nowit has finally reached the end of its useful life. The batteries keep cutting out when the unit gets cold (which is why I have only a small fraction of the canyon recorded here) and the contrast is noticeably much lower than it used to be. So it's time to buy another camera. And there wasn't really enough time to photograph anything in Milan, though I did enjoy the cathederal, and lunch with Marco, and browsing for CDs...
Photos with the
D400 Canon Digital Rebel
though all but the first two Bodengo canyon photos were taken with the Canon Powershot A40
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Vercors / Grenoble
Speleological
Conference and RIC2008
Photos with the D400 Canon Digital Rebel
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Grottes de
Choranche
(An easy afternoon walking through a 'tourist' cave)
Photos with the D400 Canon Digital Rebel
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Via Ferrata
Bastille (Grenoble)
Photos with the Canon Powershot A40
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Via Ferrata
Cascade de l'Oule (Ville de Crolles)
Photos with the Canon Powershot A40
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Caving...
Photos with the Canon Powershot A40
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Via Ferrata
Trois Fontaines/Lacs Roberts (Chamrousse)
Photos with the D400 Canon Digital Rebel
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Paris
Over three days
I must have walked from one end of Paris to the other... and there's so much
to see. There was no way I was going to be able to sleep the night I got there,
so I took the camera and went out to explore, finally getting back to the hotel
around 1am in the morning.
Photos with the D400 Canon Digital Rebel
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This page modified by C.A.L. 9th November 2008.