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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
In the morning we had a very pretty walk along the river into town; the path started in our campsite so we left everything in camp and went in to have a look around. There were ducks pecking around our campsite looking for food but we didn't encourage them. The town is known for its "perched houses" which are built right out of the rock. We headed up the stairs to walk through town which was still just opening up and over to the bridge. From there we could see the ...
Escargots & Grenouilles
... Megs and Tan weren’t interested in such exotic food, they were still able to find a menu that appealed to them. I went in and asked in my broken French if they had space for four people for tonight and they said to come back around 7pm. It was perfect for us as we had a chance to wander quickly through the rest of town and return for dinner.
Rod and I both went for the menu "Beau Rivage" which consisted of twelve escargots in butter ...
Alpe d'Huez
... fit a single, European-sized, car. There were also a lot of loose rocks and debris on the road that had fallen off the mountain sides so you had to be extra vigilant while cycling.
We dipped down into a little valley which was a really fun descent but on the other side, I could see that we had to cycle uphill for a few kilometers over a plain. It didn’t look very steep (probably a 5-6% grade) but what I didn’t realize was how much harder that could ...
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 ...