Grenoble
Travel Blogs from Grenoble, France
Up, Down and All Around!
Allo! Well people, the day has come! yes it is here, after much adu i give to you, with a flourish and ample amounts of pomp and circustances, exactly what you wanted! So as the title suggests we did go up and down and all around and now you too can ...
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So, we still don't have internet or food. What I have discovered about the french culture is that deadlines are just suggestions around here. It is really strange, no one is ever in a hurry, ever. People just don't show up for work and its not a big ...
Grenoble
... and walked across the Rhone to the T-1 tram line and took it to the train station to catch a 10:24 train to Grenoble. The scenery changed from meadows of sunflowers and cows to some spectacular mountains as we approached the French Alps. We didn't really ...
To Grenoble for the Time Trials
... We had low cloud and drizzle through to Le Bourg D'Oisans where we picked up Steve and set out the remaining 60-65km to Grenoble. It is a gradual downhill almost all the way so by 10am we were in Grenoble, passing the line of Tour traffic that was ...
Ah Revenge!
... ! So yay I am pumped about that! After class I came home and lounged around like a lazy person, cause its not like I am in france or anything and should be taking advantage of every minuet! Ahahah! At five I went back to Geant for s’more groceries/ ...
Work over the weekend
I just worked at this weekend to get the machine installation finished by Monday morning. ...
White Christmas
... we are very grateful to Andrew M for showing us around and giving us the "Synchrotron for idiots" tour :) Grenoble's tourist attraction - La Bastille On a beautifully clear and sunny (but freezing cold!) day ...
Here at LAST!
... conversation I gleaned that we would be about 2 hours late! Just in time for our residence to close. When we finally arrived in Grenoble after a very sleepy train ride it was pitch black. We got off the train and were put in a square right outside the ...
To Grenoble
... class and no one bothered me. I took a nap, read my book, looked out the window...it was wonderful. When I got to Grenoble, Celine was there waiting. Once we finally found eachother, we went back to her house in Moirans where I got the tour of all ...
Liquor Before Beer, You're in the Clear
... is leaving me tomorrow for Spain so tonight we are gonna watch a movie. On Saturday however it is Chinese New Year so there is a huge party in the streets of Grenoble so I think I will check that out! SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!!!! Buona sera! YES! Or SI! Ahahah! ...
A Chicken With His Head Cut Off
... new today, apparently there are only a certain amount of seats for eurail users so rather than taking the direct train from Grenoble that leaves at 7 I am leaving at 4 instead and changing trains! BLAH!!! On the way home from Paris the entire day was ...
Trouble with the Trains
... different European countries. That was a treat! I however did solve the age old question of why French people (or residences of France in this case) are always late. It is not because of the Laisse Faire attitude; it is because that the previous Frenchie ...
There is Ink Everywhere!
... do whatever I wanted! Horra! So I started with sleeping in till 10. I got up, had toast, banana and strange peanut butter. See in France they don’t really eat peanut butter and at home I eat it like it is goin outta style yo! So I have this tiny, ...
Pokračování cesty k moři
Včera večer jsme odjeli z Ženevy a vjeli do Francie. Pokračujem na Azurové pobreží. Dnes přespíme v okolí ...
France
It was the most wonderful experience for a person like me to experience the real french culture at that moment. It was a lot different than I am used to, a complete different type of dish, different music, different language and so ...
CHERNOBYL OF FRANCE
Sunday Night 22-5-11 CHERNOBYL OF FRANCE GRENOBLE - ST MICHEL - ST JEAN – BOURDEAUX - BARDONECCHIA (ITALY) Still driving along the back roads of southern France we thought we had better try to find a reasonable main road as it was probably ...
Organized and Certified!
... the closets so the room is feeling much homier! At the desk of our residence there are brochures and one is a self guided walking tour of Grenoble, so the weather is suppose to be nice. It has been rainy, but warm, 2 or 3 degrees so I am holding out on ...
Grenoble - Café Internet
... bar du coin qui était de très loin le bar le moins cher que j'ai vu depuis que je suis en France! Je suis reparti hier pour me rendre à Grenoble où j'ai pu revoir Isabel et Liane (les 2 Québécoises qui travaillent à l'auberge). Petite anecdote, le ...
To the Tour de France
... , we got the wrong info and we missed them , wonderwoman doesn’t miss anything particularly fireworks. Oh well. Left Grenoble next day – back to Varese. Big drive, particularly after wonderwoman remembers she left her credit cards ...
My Life Here is Awful!
... on all others who didn’t come, and we are going to party till were purple! Then she is coming back with me to stay in Grenoble for the week!!!!! Then, oh ya, I’m not done! At the end of March I am going to Malaga in SPAIN for Holy Week, aka ...
description of the trip
The story of a 3 days trip decided into 5 minutes. The goal : rich the top of the Etna Storyboard : plane from Grenoble to Palermo, --> Palermo--> Acireale--> Etna At first it's a grey powder hike, not really difficult but the ...
from the sea to the snow
drove from cassis through cannes, nice left the sea and headed for the alps upon arrival oliver and i ran through the alps then we ate some dinnner in the van read tucker max aloud and slept in the tent with the ...
A bit south, Grenoble
So when someone tells me "you're flying out of Grenoble," I logically assume they are talking about an aiport relatively close to the corresponding city. What I discovered is that when someone says "Grenoble Airport," what they really mean to say is the ...
arrive in grenoble
after 4 hours we arrived in france.here it is sunny and very hot(about 14C in december...) we visit the city.it is very nice and not much big in the night annina cook for me a fantastic pasta and ...
Go Cadel, you good thing!!!
Saturday 23 - Took the bus into Grenoble and were incredibly lucky to watch the time trial in the city of Grenoble. Very exciting as Andy Fleck started out 57 seconds ahead of Cadel Evens, and by the end of the stage Cadel was over 2 min ahead of ...
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... how that works out. This morning I had a two hour 8.30 grammar class and then a two hour 1.30 history of Grenoble class with the same professor. What's surprised me with the classes is that the professors could care less if you ...
Grenoble
Rendez vous danas popodne u Grenobleu. svaka dolazi sa svoje strane svijeta. Maja preko Ljubljane i Udina i Verone i Milana i Torina pa onda kroz onaj dugi tunel. Mnogo ljudi u busu. Malo sna. Nina iz Orleansa. Dva dana razgovora i knjiznica. ...
A Joyeux Noel et Bonne Annee!
... we by mistake (my crap navigating) passed by the european parliament as we narrowly missed driving into germany, on our way to grenoble! Drove thru the Jura mountains, shaved past but not into Geneva, on the N83, officially the best drive ive done ...
Suitcases and Snow
Bonjour! So I awoke to find that even more snow had fallen and was falling fast, GREAT! I had to work on a project with my friend who lived 30 mins away so risking hypothermia I put on both of my coats, ahahah, and headed to the bakery for a croissant. I ...
Mes amis
... og stjerner, og bagefter er det slut!' Der er i det hele taget en masse brasilianere hernede, da der eksisterer en udvekslingsaftale mellem Grenoble og Brasilien. De er alle sammen ret festlige og er nu ved at gå til i kulden. Det er nu ekstra sjovt at ...

