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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
... 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
... then made my way back down.
If we thought that had been a great viewpoint, we were in for a real treat about twenty minutes after that stop. The narrow, windy road was literally carved into the side of the cliff face and it was a sheer drop to the valley floor below. As we drove, we went through tunnels that bored right through the rock face and around blind corners that hung out over the edge, where the road was just wide enough for a single ...
Alpe d'Huez
... sun to come out from behind the mountains and warm up the valley. I wasn't quite sure what to expect on this ride after my epic ride up Telegraph and Galibier. I was definitely nervous about running out of steam so I had made sure to carbo-load the previous night and ate a hearty breakfast this morning. I got my usual iso-tonic drink tablet (tasted something similar to grapefruit) from Rod & Tan, stuffed a few gels and bars into my jersey back-pocket and headed out. ...
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 ...
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