Grenoble, France Travel Blogs

First week in Grenoble
Nov 6, 2006 (7 photos)

... of my weekly updates to our travel blog. I've been trying not to speak too much english now that I'm in french school in Grenoble, but it's definitely inevitable I will speak some. All is well here so far. After a teary-eyed departure with Seth, the ...

Eu não disse que eu vinha?? =)
Sep 1, 2008 (2 photos)

... bem cedinho. pra pegar um ônibus até Lyon onde íamos alugar o carro pra viajar pela Provance e pela Cote D'Azur. O tempo em Grenoble foi ótimo. Deu pra descansar, conversar, conhecer uma brasileira no ônibus (acredito que todo mundo que já viajou sabe que ...

Finally the snow is arriving!
Nov 13, 2006 (3 photos)

ALLEZ LES DEMS!! Wow, what a week for the States. What a week for the WORLD! If there is one thing I have found to be quite consistent among the French, they all seem to detest Bush. And as one French teacher was quoted, "it's about time U.S. voters ...

Grenoble
Jan 2, 2004

... 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 wrong). ...

Hanging with Nebraska Jess -KC
Sep 1, 2005 (2 photos)

... i met at a wedding last summer (see i meet crazy pp at crazy places and i will even come visit you in france!!) She's working as an engineer in Grenoble (near Lyon-South bit) and i hung out with her for a few days and her cute french boyfriend made us good ...

Ice Ice Baby
Mar 11, 2008 (13 photos)

... qeu contar, bueno si hay pero no tengo tiempo para escribir todo, solo puedo decir que la he pasado genial con Julian aca en Grenoble, conoci a muchos de sus amigosm los que viven con el y otros companeros de la escuela, super bien, ademas me encontre con ...

Le Weekendddd
Apr 6, 2009 (26 photos)

... zeer druk! Op de koop toe was het ook nog kermis in Grenoble waar zeer veel volk was..en dan nog de belangrijke match Grenoble-Lorient (ze stonden beiden op 35 punten en de winnaar was zo goed als zeker van het behoud want vanaf een paar ploegen achter ...

Hunting for Santa in the French alps.
Dec 24, 2007

Skiing is for pansies. Now, about that wafer thin slice of cheese... http://tinyurl.com/3amvn6

Party Machen
Feb 28, 2009 (13 photos)

... duur. Onze thuisbasis, Montélimar, ligt tussen verschillende Ligue 1-ploegen. Lyon (anderhalf uur rijden), Marseille (2uren rijden), Grénoble (anderhalf uur rijden) en Saint-Etienne (anderhalf uur rijden). Waarschijnlijk zal het een match van Saint-Etienne ...

Life is Life
Jul 11, 2007 (2 photos)

... and every person I hiked with gave me something special, with all i had wonderful time.. just incredible...  and now im in Grenoble, the city which sits patiently at the foot of the Alpes. One thing is for sure- People are so good. So good. ...

In the french Alps
Aug 3, 2006 (5 photos)

Thanks to Guillaume, I have a few picture of our walk to the "Lac Fourchu", which is about 1 hour drive from Grenoble.

Summer in France :)
Jun 1, 2007 (14 photos)

Quelques photos des 5 mois passés à Grenoble.

Back in Grenoble
Aug 27, 2007

Grenoble

La Poulie, Grenoble
Oct 7, 2007

... , facile à lire... ouais ouais bon. J'ai pris sa carte et je suis rentré me coucher en attendant le lendemain. Nice à Valence à Grenoble : France. Un train. Comme tous les trains, mais en français. Je suis fatigué que le criss, mais bon on se comprend, et ...

Violence et littérature
Dec 17, 2007 (2 photos)

... l'objectif de les vendre 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 ...

Olivier CEA
Jun 6, 2006 (1 photos)

... avez vu la carte et vous vous etes dit que je suis rentrée... ben non, je ne suis pas encore la... mais bientot. Je voulais juste mettre un petit film sur le CEA (la ou Olivier bosse a Grenoble), pour ceux que ca interesse ou ceux qui s'ennuie au boulot...

Sourate
Dec 2, 2007

Je n'apprendrai rien à personne en disant que le temps est une chose étrange, instable, agissant parfois comme un petit étang qui stagne (il devient alors un marais, mélange étrange de choses pourries et de plantes qu'on ne trouve nulle part ailleurs), parfois ...

Voiron
Sep 22, 2007

After a 6hours train ride, i finally arrived to Voiron, a small town close from Grenoble wher emy grandparents leave. I will stay there until Monday.

Les lundis au soleil
Dec 13, 2007 (4 photos)

... électrique. Et il y aura 6 personnes demain pour les tracts...) est elle parvenue à se constituer ? Toujours à la grandeur de Grenoble, 156 000 habitants... L'une des premières réponses, c'est évidemment le choix, ou non, de la fameuse "autonomie", c'est à ...

Grenoble
Apr 10, 2007

Back in Europe!!! Yeah!

AntidémokratikFasciste
Nov 29, 2007

... ni appareil photo, ni caméra vidéo. Les événements des derniers jours, la double AG de reconduction du blocage (à l'université de Grenoble, environ 60 000 étudiantEs) et la mise en application des mandats le lendemain matin contre la foule des anti-bloqueurs, c' ...

The beaches and journey to the Tour de France.
Jul 11, 2005 (5 photos)

... a beautiful beach. I went for a swim and got back in the saddle for a day of touring the mountains on my way to Grenoble. I spent the day driving through the mountains and hills and then decide to spent the night a hour or two outside of Grenoble. The ...

Yaourt
Jan 13, 2009

... , at least for Americans.  Yogurt was talked up a lot by my French professor Maria (who is a Grenoble native) and she explained to us that yogurt in France is so popular, with so many different flavors, that it has it's own aisle in a French ...

Printemps des Chaises
Mar 22, 2009 (6 photos)

... is spending her spring break with me.  I am very excited to spend time with her and show off my French! France is continuing it's strike.  Typically the international students are not affected as we are not citizens and thus are not subjected ...

First Day!
Jan 4, 2009 (3 photos)

... 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 sounded safe but ...

At last
Jan 3, 2009 (3 photos)

So after 10 hours on the plane, another 10 on various trains, and a whole let of stressing out I am finally in Grenoble.  I am staying at a hotel across from the train station.  It is owned by Best Western but is still very cute!  Maybe I ...

Bon Anniversaire a Moi!
Apr 4, 2009

Today, I have been on this planet 22 years.  I cannot believe that this past year has flown by so fast.  This is particularly strange after having Megan here last week.  We met three weeks into freshman year, so we have been friends almost ...

Teargas = C'est Bon
Nov 23, 2005

... police men, Why do I tell you this? Well youve probably all heard about the riots and violence that "swept" across france, not much happend in grenoble, - But it shocked me, and made me read more into the race issue etcc...in france - But the other ...

This is what lack of Internet does to you....
Dec 6, 2007

so we're back at Man'U's grandparent's house...Didn't know anyone in Lyon (to stay there), so we just hopped the péage (highway) and came back here for the night! atleast I got to check my e-mail!!!!!!!!!!

BIG NEWS!
Mar 20, 2009

Hey everyone!  I received a FANTASTIC email this morning.  I have been accepted to the Master's of Library Science program at the Pratt Institute in Manhattan! I am still waiting to hear from the other schools, but this is very exciting as I ...