We bought skis and shoes very late last Winter season, so we did not have many opportunities to practise our skate skiing skills. This year we decided to start early, as soon as there was enough snow and there were tracks somewhere. Last Saturday we drove to Gève in Autrans […]
We started our Fall vacation with a half-day road trip to Saint-Antoine l’Abbaye, a small town in our department that has been listed among the most beautiful villages of France since 2010. It was cloudy when we left Grenoble towards North-West, but after just few minutes of driving all we […]
(October 21, 2018) Sometimes, way too often here actually, it happens that the weather turns out nothing like it was forecast (and only after the fact the forecast is updated to match the reality!). This past Sunday was supposed to be all sunshine, but we only saw a glimpse of […]
(October 6, 2018) It is nice when you plan the weekend according to the weather forecast, and the weather actually turns out exactly like predicted. For this weekend, Saturday was supposed to be warm and sunny, and Sunday chillier and rainy. And that’s how it has been so far. Therefore, […]
(October 3, 2018) We took our moderately acrophobic friends to a mountain hike yesterday. We thought that Charmant Som (1867m) on Chartreuse would be a good compromise between ease of access, gentle slope, spectacular scenery, and lack of vertigo inducing drops or cliffs. We were right, but somewhat miscalculated the […]
We have friends visiting us from Finland. This is the second time they visit us in Grenoble, the first being quite soon after we moved here. On Sunday (September 30, 2018) we drove over the Vercors range to Pont-en-Royans. The plan was to have picnic there, but soon clouds covered […]
We have recovered very well from last Sunday’s marathon in Berlin. We had planned to hike to this 300-year-old oak tree since we recently learned that just last year it was added to the list of the most remarkable trees in France. It stands alone on the top of the […]
It was only the second time we entered the lottery to participate in Berlin marathon and we were lucky. So, we took our training seriously; we started in early 2018 when there were more than 30 weeks to go, though because of traveling we took some weeks off or did […]
We spent another weekend in Le Corbier — this stay was offered by our host because of the issues we had with his apartment the weekend before (see the previous post). This time we rented a Smart, and had a little difficulty to fit our luggage, including a cooler, in […]