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Grenoble: Small city in the mountains -
... I found an amazing museum housing thousands of works of art from ancient Greek and Egyptian artifacts to Picasso, Chagall, and modern day multi-media installations. The Grenoble Museum is HUGE! ...only $5 euro to enter.. and great way to spend the afternoon.
Then last evening I had the most amazing French meal of my life:
Pavé de ...
Choranche Caves
... caves. The stalactites that are so particular to this cave are called “soda straw” stalactites. They are on average 4 mm wide and hollow inside! They hang with lots in a group and look really fine. The longest one is 1.3 m long and 6 mm wide. They form when water drips down, running through the centre of the stalactite and depositing calcium carbonate at the end. They were incredible and we’d never seen anything like it! We walked by some tanks ...
Escargots & Grenouilles
... pottery being sold that I would have loved to pick up but resisted due to its fragility. We picked up fresh figs that looked really juicy and they proved to be delicious. When we got to one end of the street, there were a couple of bike shops and Rod had been looking for a new riding shorts so he went in to peruse. I went to a different bike store and happened upon a Mt. Ventoux shirt that was very clever and so I just had to get it (I hadn’t ...
Alpe d'Huez
... we left, he went back inside the store and came out with a bottle of wine and told us that it was on the house. It was a real pleasant surprise and very kind of him! We headed back to camp and that evening, Rod made a delicious stir-fry for dinner which we all had no trouble polishing off. Another fantastic day of riding and we still had a few cols to look forward to – I was, to my own surprise, beginning to understand how one could enjoy cycling these mountain passes! ...
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 ...
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