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Grenoble: Small city in the mountains -
... de Grenouilles et Ris de Veau, Salsifis aux Jus de Truffes, Beurre d’Herbes
Which roughly translates to:
Filet of Turbot (fish), sauteed frog, veal sweetbreads, with a truffle and herb butter sauce.
Truly unique and AMAZING!!!!
Delightful and strange, Grenoble is worth a quick visit if you ever find yourself passing through.
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Choranche Caves
... they could head over to Beaune and Venice and we would head over to the Berner Oberland in Switzerland. Unfortunately, the Berner Oberland was not cooperating with this plan as it was raining there for the next week or so. Since our plans involved mountain lifts and hikes, we decided that it was definitely not the time to visit. Instead, we asked if they would mind if we all headed to Venice together and we would take them through Cinque Terre since Tan said she ...
Escargots & Grenouilles
... the descent to the valley floor. Tan and I both thought this would have been a great climb to do on the bike but we didn’t have time for it. When we were off the mountain, we hit walnut tree groves which we later learned were a specialty of the region. We had a bit of trouble locating our campsite as it wasn’t clearly marked and we actually ended driving a few kilometers out of Pont-en-Royans before deciding we were headed in the wrong ...
Alpe d'Huez
... we were climbing one of the biggest (read: most popular) cols in the Tour – Alpe d'Huez. Of course, the climb was just the beginning and were going down a lesser known road on the other side to make a loop back to the campsite. Magge had done this loop once before which was reassuring to some degree. The climb was 13.5 km long with 1065 m of elevation gain and an average grade of around 8%.
It was nearly 11am by the time we headed out as we were waiting ...
Croix de Fer
... in to town to see about getting dad’s bike fixed. It had been having some sort of problem on the descent from the Telegraph the day before so he wasn’t keen to ride it until it was looked at. Luckily the guy at the shop knew just what to do and it didn’t involve a new wheel! We then headed back to camp to have a swim in the pool. The sun was nice and warm and we all enjoyed a swim or two once everyone arrived.
For dinner we ...