Every Thursday there is an offer to join a two hour walk in our surroundings with the walking club of the CERN women. There are three levels but due to my knee injury I am happy to stay with the more level walks! Thea, our leader, always choses some nice hikes. The first one had a lot of variety starting out at one of those picturesque French villages, passing by some vineyards and pastures with golden grain. Later we had a chance to cool off in the forest. There we also discovered a pond with wild water lilies and poppies a la Monet at the end of the walk gave color to the countryside.
Another hike I went on went along a small river and through a forest. It was less level then last time so we got some exercise. Since the temperatures here have been rising (up to 38°C) an “all forest walk” was a good choice. Half way through we stopped for a snacktime and opportunity to all be together. Our group membership is about 40 but on average at each hike 8-12 people join. The nice thing is you met all sorts of people on those walks and I got to also talk some French.
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