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Grenoble: Small city in the mountains -
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 the area a ...
Choranche Caves
... really well and then continued back down another set of stairs to the park below. It was a beautiful morning although somewhat chilly so Tan and I kept hopping from sunny patch to sunny patch. We admired the houses from below as well since you could really see the rock they were built on. We laughed at the sign that said “no jumping” because it looked like the only way you could jump in to the pool below was from out of a window… perhaps it ...
Escargots & Grenouilles
... of the most scenic drives we’ve had to date! As we approached the Vercors region, we could see the mountain range towering in front of us. We began our ascent up the mountain road and were soon granted with some sweeping views of the plains below. We stopped for a few photo ops along the way and one place of particular note where we pulled over was right after we had come through a tunnel. We were at Col de la Bataille (not sure what battle it ...
Alpe d'Huez
... the town of Alpe d’Huez which is actually a fairly big ski resort. There was a fair bit of construction work going on in the town and around some of the lifts. We came out the other side of town on a narrow road that wound its way past an airport. It had the shortest landing strip that I’ve ever seen…I would not want to be landing up there with such a short runway and strong winds. I was told that the rest of the loop was going to be mostly downhill and ...
Croix de Fer
... up and luckily there was lots of space for both vans to pull over for some photos. There was also a herd of goats just down the hill and Anoop popped down to take some pics of them. We thought their horns were really neat because they had a spiral to them. Eventually the goats decided to cross the road which stopped a few bikes and cars on the way!
We arrived in Le Bourg d’Oisans in the early afternoon which gave us lots of time to set up ...