About Sunny Peaks

 

Hello all, my name is Ciara McKechnie and I am a third year French and Marketing student at the University of Strathclyde. I very much enjoy studying and living in Glasgow however, my true passion lies in the highest peaks of the European Alps. Therefore, I have decided to begin documenting the summer I spent living and working in Morzine, a thriving alpine village set deep in the Chablais mountain range between Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc, by the France-Switzerland border. This blog will tell you all about what I got up to in my free time between work this summer and will also give you recommendations for visiting the beautiful town of Morzine. If you are interested in all things alpine, you have stumbled upon the right place !




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