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Caves ouvertes in Auxey-Duresses
After our teacher mentioned the event “caves ouvertes” in Auxey-Duresses, we decided to go have a look. As we pictured a standard wine fair we were definitely in for a surprise – we bought our glasses , which allowed us to walk from cellar to cellar to try wine. Not...
New beginnings, moving to Dijon
After spending the past five and a half years at sea, I decided it was time for a new challenge. This time I moved myself to the French town of Dijon, in the heart of the Burgundy region. Here, I will spend the next academic year getting my masters degree in wine and...
Columbia Ice Field – Canada
The Columbia Ice field is a 325 square km ice field located on the border of Banff and Jasper national parks. In addition to covering a huge area, the depth of the ice field also ranges from 100 to 365 meters. At the Athabasca Glacier, the most visited glacier in...
Sulphur Mountain – Canada
Banff, being a national park, has so many opportunities for hiking. It seemed like everywhere we turned there were people in hiking gear headed out on a trail. The scenery is amazing and can change drastically on a single hike. We chose to hike Sulphur Mountain and...
Hiking – Lake Louise, Alberta Canada
The second hike we did was to the tea houses around Lake Louise, where we technically combined 4 different hikes, and it took us the larger part of the day. Knowing that it was a long hike, on trails that could be less crowded, we decided to prepare a little extra by...