Bastille Grenoble

22 Nov:
The gateway to the Alps... not much else to say...

23 Nov:
Actually, when I wrote that I thought it was true - the train ride here was less than spectacular and upon entering the city and moving from the station to the hotel it seemed to offer very little in the way of culture or interest.
...but after exploring …

... annonyme...COUGH, Chris, sam Sarah, COUGH... désolé j'ai toussé, pour que je lâche l'ordi. On s'en va visiter la bastille de Grenoble. aller voir sa sur Internet c'est super beau. A bientot Frank, le Barman! P.S. Chuis sur que c'est grace a vos ...

... 'cle culminant à 476 mètres d'altitude sur les derniers contreforts du massif de la Chartreuse. A l'origine, la Bastille est conçue pour défendre Grenoble des attaques savoyardes, la frontière se trouvant toute proche car la Savoie n'est pas encore ...

... Still, nice view. Our only other stop was the Musée de Resistance which looks at the French Resistance and Holocaust around the Grenoble region. The museum got off to a good start by being free (sometime's it's nice when the Lonely Planet is ...

... to get into the mountains and away from the tourist traps and crowds of big cities in the Summer. Knowing little to nothing about Grenoble, other than being the hometown of Andre the Giant and former site of the Winter Olympics, I went there on a whim. ...

... plus tard. 2e soir : dérive nocturne à travers différentes atmosphères, ballade dans les rues de Grenoble jusqu'à la Bastille, puis retour. Ce matin : bataille devant le regroupement des amphis à l'université, quelques 100 personnes ...

... ") was originally built to keep an eye on the border in order to keep the Italians out.   Nowadays underneath the Bastille is Grenoble's Little Italy.  Ironic, eh?  We found a pizzarea for dinner.  I ordered a Bianca pizza which ...

... " and managed to complete the accent in an honourable time of about 25 minutes. The great thing about the Bastille is you get an amazing rewarding view of Grenoble, which always answers that question in your head ("why am I doing this"). We agreed to ...

... disgusting creatures!  They have evolved to have no eyes and no pigmentation. After a day in the mountains we went back to Grenoble for dinner.  We went to an Italian place under the Bastille and had some yummy pizza!  Good ...

... cu rochie, barbatii cu camasi... Oricum am fost surprinsi de priveliste si de idee. Am gasit bulele, am urcat la Bastille de unde am vazut panorama Grenoble-ului (tot intr-o "panarama" am tinut-o pe-aici prin tripul asta). Am intrat pe un tunel care ...

... longer to leave than we expected so after taking some more photos and throwing some snowballs at Tess we started the drive to Grenoble, this time taking the motorway. Richo and Toby were training up to Paris to spend the night in the airport before ...