Javier Espinoza wrote for a number of Wall Street Journal sections, including Off Duty, Special Reports and Mansion. He also contributed to blogs including Speakeasy, Frontiers, Digits and MoneyBeat.

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It’s 7 a.m. on a freezing January morning in Les Gets, a ski resort in the French Alps. The sun won’t rise for another hour, but Sophie Crowther, having slept through her alarm, is sprinting ...

Night - Partly cloudy. Winds ESE. The overnight low will be 32 °F (0 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 52 °F (11.1 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph). Mostly cloudy today with ...

The oldest dates from 1850 and shows cannons facing the sea on the site where the Grand Hotel stands today. They were part of our defence against invasion from France during the Napoleonic wars.

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