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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
... be a problem? We walked back to camp and Dad, Tan and Anoop got changed into their riding gear to do a loop along the scenic route.
They set off and I followed in the car. On the way, they stopped at the bakery; I had asked for a chausson or croissant, neither of which they had. Tan shook her head as I drove by so I figured that meant they didn’t have anything worth getting and continued on. Little did I realize that they actually had picked up a ...
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
... 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
... cow cut out and later a horse so we knew the Tour had come through at some point. The polka-dot jersey is for the king of the mountain. Next to the wooden cut-out of the cow, Anoop also spotted a mini-lift that had milk containers on it. From what it looked like, the lift was used to carry milk cans from the roadside up to the mountains somewhere. We went through a couple of ski resorts that were empty looking except for a few locals and continued on up to ...