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It's mid february, and while thousands flock to the Northern French Alps, fantasising about more snowfall....literally eating, sleeping, and drinking ski, snow, and the lifestyle that goes with it, I decided to take a trip just 30 minutes out of the mountains to the town of Thonnon Les Bains. Follow a steep winding road down to Lac Leman and it's like a different world, so close but yet so far from the hustle and bustle of some of the world's premier ski resorts. On a misty day like this one you wouldn't even know the mountains were there.

People eat ice creams, couples hold hands, men walk their dogs, and sail boats which in a few months will be polished proudly by frenchmen with over inflated bank balances, for now sit gathering stray snowflakes and growing algi on their hulls. Despite being quite busy, Thonnon had a definite calmness on this day. With this gallery I have attemped to capture this calmness and tranquility, and show that there is more to the French Alps than the French Alps.