The mountains are calling and I must go — a pink pom-pom beanie, a matching sweater, and a denim skirt, standing on a bridge over the glacial river running through Chamonix, Mont Blanc rising snow-white behind the rooftops.

Standing on a green iron bridge over a glacial river in Chamonix, France, wearing a pink pom-pom beanie, pink sweater, denim skirt, and tall black boots, with the snow-capped Mont Blanc massif rising behind the town

There's a particular kind of quiet that comes with standing between a mountain and a river at the same time — the water rushing turquoise-grey below, the peaks doing all the talking above. Worth the cold knees.

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