2008 Pictures
Viva la France!
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Winter
Paris! Again!
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Bobino Cabaret. The PG rated picture. |
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Rodin Museum. Dante's Inferno in the background. |
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People generally joined in. |
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Play Everywhere. Even on the Champs. |
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Did they play football when the Arc was built? |
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ZZ had the best time under the lights. |
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Play Everywhere. Pompidou Centre. |
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Play Everywhere. Is there a theme here? |
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Chamonix, France & Courmayeur, Italy
Our
run in March, 2008 on the Vallee Blanche was
the greatest ski run of our lives.
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Fab food on the ski trail. |
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He says this doesn't hurt. |
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Courmayeur has the Best hot coco in the world! |
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It's not steep when there are no trees to hit. |
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Grand Montets backside. Awesome skiing. |
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On route to the Aiguille du Midi and the Vallee Blanche. |
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You fall you die! 3800 meters up. |
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Play Everywhere! Even on the world's greatest ski run. |
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The Vallee Banche. 12 miles / 20 kms of white heaven. |
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Dad needed a break halfway down. |
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About the spot that avalanched later on. |
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Where the mohawk? World extreme skier Glen Plake skied the same run down the Vallee Blanche. |
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Great French food after the Vallee Blanche. |
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Xavier went for another run off the Aiguille du Midi. |
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Unencumbered by Dad, ZZ went pretty fast. |
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How do you wax for this? I guess it snows in the alps. |
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Mom would not have been happy. |
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Doing the famous Glen Plake move. Not enough hair for a mohawk though. |
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Grand Montets - 3275 meters up. |
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We are never taking another ski vacation in North America. |
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Grand Montets - pictures cannot do the place justice. |
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Lyon, France
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View from our hotel balcony. |
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Play Everywhere! Especially on one of the most famous squares in France. |
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In France with some Friends. |
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ZZ's first steak tartar! This place in Lyon has served many heads of state. |
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Lyon vs Paris SG. More than a religious experience. |
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After seeing a euro football game, makes you think twice to play any other sport. |
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Summer
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Spring soccer tournament. |
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Friends during his birthday. |
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About the right size bowling ball. |
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Only blooms around his birthday. |
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Clifton Park International champion! This pic made the papers. |
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Mita got to see ZZ's team win. |
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That's mom in the background. |
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Yes, dad had to tow ZZ again. |
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NYS Olympic Development Program [ODP] tryouts. |
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You simply cannot have enough legos. |
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Who says you need a fullsize ball? |
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ODP Region 1 camp with the NYS and other state teams. |
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Squares with future MLS player Jonathan U. |
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Tourney with the ODP team. |
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Fall / Winter
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On a friend's tame horse. |
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Academies boys modified soccer. |
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One guy was as tall sitting as ZZ standing. |
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A move that sort of worked. Pic courtesy of a teamate [N.D.]. |
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Crowding around the ball. Who's the coach? |
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Academies 2008 Boys Modified Soccer. 14 & 1, 1st place! |
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Play! Even on Thanksgiving. |
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Stowe, VT. Best tree skiing in the east. |
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Stowe, VT. Now the most expensive lift ticket in the country. |
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Stowe, VT. A bit out of bounds. LoL. |
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