Tree-climbers, Neuchatel, Mont Blanc More trips around Switzerland and France.
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| Parc la Grange next door had a tree-climbers competition, with timed tree-top rescues, races up a tree to ring a bell, etc. |  | The kids loved this monster swing, which was unfortunately shut down shortly after this picture because there'd been a safety concern | 
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| The dummy has been rescued |  | There was a small area for kids to climb as well | 
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| On our trip to Neuchatel, as usual, we spent some time in a playground |  | 
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  |    |  |   |   |  | A walk near Pragins along the "Sentier de Toblerones" (anti tank defense system set up around World War II in Switzerland).  Much of it wound through a golf course, and wasn't very interesting, but once we got to the actual"toblerones" it got better. |  
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  |    |  |   |  | Old fort This building (La Villa Rose) is fake - it's actually a fort, with cute windows painted on it. |  | 
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  |    |  |   |  | At the Aiguille du Midi cablecar, with a view of Mont Blanc.  Man was it COLD!  We should have brought much warmer clothing.  Plus Eric left his shell jacket at home.  Luckily we had beautiful weather. |  | 
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  |    |  |   |   |  | We sheltered here for a while - the dark metal was actually nicely warmed from the sun. |  
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  |    |  |   |   |  | This is the path for people to hike down. |  
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  |    |  |   |  | Ahh....at the middle station of the cable car the temperatures were much more agreeable!  Lots of great picture taking opportunities. |  | 
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  |    |  |   |   |  | Kevin and Petra were here for a visit |  
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