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Grenoble: Small city in the mountains -
22 Nov:
The gateway to the Alps... not much else to say...
23 Nov:
Actually, when I wrote that I thought it was true - the train ride here was less than spectacular and upon entering the city and moving from the station to the hotel it seemed to offer very little in the way of culture or interest.
...but after exploring the area a ...
Choranche Caves
... they could head over to Beaune and Venice and we would head over to the Berner Oberland in Switzerland. Unfortunately, the Berner Oberland was not cooperating with this plan as it was raining there for the next week or so. Since our plans involved mountain lifts and hikes, we decided that it was definitely not the time to visit. Instead, we asked if they would mind if we all headed to Venice together and we would take them through Cinque Terre since Tan said she ...
Escargots & Grenouilles
... lunches and salads for the next few days. Rod also suggested we pick up a sharpening stone for our knives so we got one of those, too. On the way out of the market, we happened on a stand selling savoury pastries. Rod had a chicken curry pastry, while Megs and I settled on a pastry with pesto, sundried tomatoes and fresh basil on top. As soon as we bit into the first bite, we were hooked. The pastry just melted away and the pesto and tomato combination ...
Alpe d'Huez
... all that energy. Somewhere after the 15th switchback, I caught up to Rod and Tan (ok, let’s be fair, I caught up to Rod - and by default Tan, only because she was waiting for Rod :) . A few minutes later, I caught up with Magge and passed him, but that was short lived. I was informed days later by Rod and Tan, on top of Ventoux, that it was poor etiquette to pass someone that you couldn’t stay ahead of. I’m not sure why this is so but then again, ...
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 ...
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