Napoleon over the Grand Saint Bernard pass
"Nous luttons contre la glace, la neige, les tourmentes, et les avalanches. Le Saint-Bernard étonné de voir tant de monde le franchir si brusquement, nous oppose quelques obstacles. " Napoléon Bonaparte, 18 mai 1800
Like any other Napoleon, I take the ski route to the Hospice of Grand Saint Bernard on this Holy Friday. Other than seeing a priest passing by skiing with a giant cross on his shoulders, and many people attending mass on ski, nothing unusual on my yearly trip to the mountain pass.
Like any other Napoleon, I take the ski route to the Hospice of Grand Saint Bernard on this Holy Friday. Other than seeing a priest passing by skiing with a giant cross on his shoulders, and many people attending mass on ski, nothing unusual on my yearly trip to the mountain pass.
Upon arrival, soup, bread and cheese. A walk in and around the Convent, and a swift visit to the snow-covered line where Switzerland becomes Italy.
Clark, Jose, Rollie...some day we'll be here together if alcohol fumes do not send us up the wrong mountain.
Lagavulin y Liki Fumei...uno de esos lugares donde quiero venir con vosotros.
Genome Jacques...thinking about the old times here.
posted by contravoz at Friday, April 06, 2007
3 Comments:
No podemos estar con vosotros en el encuentro palentino.
Iremos este fin de semana por la zona de Soria, Burgo de Osma y por ahí; pero luego vuelta al curro, hasta el verano.
Estamos por aquí, si pasais en ruta hacia ninguna parte. Encantados de mostraros nuestro nuevo baño y water en la planta baja!!!!
Iremos, querido, iremos: yo me encargaré de que así sea ya que Lagavulin, si no, puede que eche raices de sílice y se vuelva macrochip...
Yo también estuve ayer por las alturas y con sol...
¿Algo menos exótico, quizás?
Ah, la nostalgie des cimes... Merci pour ces photos de ces hauts lieux que j'aime!
Lately, I tried to escape in dreams of mountains and immaculate snow...
Gène-neige: so close after all!
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