Comfort Hotel Residence Grenoble

... When we boarded, an announcement came over the intercom instructing us to just sit wherever we could find a seat. Interesting concept, I can see now how the budget carriers are actually making money with cost cutting at every level and capitalising on human error such as my brain **** and not checking in prior to arrival. Vigilance must improve otherwise I should start booking first class fares after the extras get ticked up. The flight was made slightly pleasant due to my ...

Today is the first day of my spring break...whoo hoo! I will be jetting off to Germany tomorrow morning to attend the 22nd Annual Satanic Stomp, a two day psychobilly festival in Speyer, Germany. I will be meeting up with two Salt Lake girls, Kristina and Mary. Where to after that? Who knows! I am ...

Allôôôôôôôôô Het is weer ettelijke dagen geleden dat hier nog eens iets gepost werd, maar dat heeft zo zijn redenen: we konden het hele weekend niet op het internet! Dat was even lastig! Niet dat we echt veel tijd hadden, want we hebben toch weer heel wat uitgespookt dit weekend. Laat ik beginnen bij zaterdag. We hebben lekker uitgeslapen (Ben iets te lang, om 14.00 was ie wakker) hebben we gegeten en zijn we daarna rustig op ons gemakje richting Grenoble vertrokken voor de wedstrijd ...

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 my whole college career. It was so bizarre to find ourselves discussing our upcoming graduation and our post-degree plans. In two months I will no longer be an undergraduate but the holder of Bachelor's of Arts....WTF.

... Blanc on the way up!!!! I did get to see it 10 days after it stayed in the clouds when Kristen and I were in Chamonix). Heaven on Earth. I am made to live in the mountains. I am always the happiest when in the mountains. I'm ending these two weeks in France with a family dinner to celebrate my Mom's birthday. I'll be back in Atlanta tomorrow night... (and I will fly from Paris to Atlanta with my Swiss friend Marina).

... floor of our building was on strike too. They had made several piles of chairs in front of a few of the amphitheaters were we have our lecture classes. Traveling around campus we discovered some other universities were completely blockaded with chairs. All these piles of chairs included signs that read "Printemps des Chaises" or literally, Springtime of the Chairs! Pictures of France's national sport included.

... s second biggest city and is about an hour and a half from Grenoble. We first went to Old Lyon to see the Cathedral there. Damn, you have not seen an ornate Catholic cathedral until you've seen one in Europe. And this one was less than a 100 years old! For lunch we were left our own devices. Since we were in Lyon Victor recommended that we go to a bouchon to try the Lyon ...

... up the arc de triomphe - which i hadn't done before, back to st michel - found a great falafel place there, then over to montmartre for champagne in the sunset on the steps of the sacre coeur). That night checked out the Notre Dame as it glowed with lights for the christmas mass service, and then made a quick run up to and around the pantheon. Started christmas day with real champagne (yay!), and a **** load of chocolate, kicked off a ...

... wind at 100km/h, cold, snow, high speed dust, rolling stones...) by the way, the trek was really difficult, we all reached the 3200 m high, but only one almost reached the top, 3350 m . the view is really nice, even if a lots of tourist are waiting for hikers at the top.

... a daunting task) and over the french border, then catching the train on the french side. I got my rental car just fine and headed up to Châtel. It was still light and absolutely beautiful when I got up there. Surprisingly warm as well for the end of October at 3,000 feet. I found and was able to get into the apartment just fine. I then got my 2nd wind and was able to put my bike together. Finally, after a little food and a call home, went to bed after probably 30 - 35 ...