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I got my bags packed on a roll.

I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go.

Looking real good in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 332.

Today the amateur traveler talks about trekking and mountains and refugios as we go to Mont Blanc in France.

I got to sit in one more cafe.

I know that I should be heading home, but maybe not today.

Welcome to the amateur traveler.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

Before we get into this week's interview,

I do have two news stories for you. The first one

underlines a difference between Europe and where I live in the US. A court gives

Europeans the option to retake vacations if you get sick. You know how unfortunate it is when you get

sick on vacation if you live in Europe. You can get more vacation days and take the vacation

over. I'm jealous. But I'm not jealous of the reaction that some plane hijackers ran

into when they tried to hijack a plane in China recently. They were beaten two of them so severely

that they died.

Don't hijack a plane in China, put that on your list.

For links to both of those stories, check out the show notes at amateur traveler.com.

And in other news, you may have noticed the amateur traveler now has a sponsor.

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