This was our first real hike for a very long time: we have been busy with our marathon and half-marathon training programs, but also preparing for the bicycle touring season. Instead of going running or riding this past Sunday, we thought it would be cool to go hiking at a […]
Our return flight from Madrid took off about thirty minutes after the scheduled time, but still landed in Lyon on time. Since bus connections from the airport to city center did not look very convenient, we were lazy and took a taxi to hotel Victoria in Perrache quarter on the […]
We started the summer season with an easy hike at the lower slopes of the Vercors range near Grenoble. This was the area where we did our very first hike just three days after moving to Grenoble. Except for a short attempt for a wintry hike five years ago (the […]
As mentioned in the previous post we did not drive home from Narbonne in one day, because a seven-hour drive is quite tiresome for both the driver and the passenger, and it is definitely too much sitting for one day. Instead we stayed overnight in Nyons at about halfway point. […]
We booked our year-end skiing vacation in Les Alberts in Vallée de la Clarée in Hautes-Alpes well ahead of time when skiing conditions still (or already) looked very promising (the same place, but not the same apartment, we stayed in December last year and then again in March) . Then […]
How (or why) did we decide to visit Bourg-en-Bresse in Ain department? Just recently our supermarket has introduced new chili sauces of brand Bressico that are made of “piment de Bresse” (chili of Bresse), cultivated in the region since 16th century. The pepper used to be popular in the area […]
This post is about the “Trails” part of our vacation. We did three easy to moderate hikes: first one to Joenmäenvuori and Harjuranta Nature Church near Varkaus, the second to Kotkanpolku (“Eagle’s Trail”) in Kotkatharju Outdoor Recreation Area in Joroinen, south of Varkaus, and the third one to Kangasvuokon Kuiskaus […]
Just a brief post of yesterday‘s hike and attempt to find some cooler and cleaner air. We did part of this hike in February last year. Then I wrote that it was lovely but challenging hike, the difficulty mainly due to snow and ice on the trail, and no snowshoes. […]
We returned to the Southern Vercors for this extended Pentecost holiday weekend to make up what we missed last December. Oh boy it was different! Despite the somewhat chilly and strong wind, the weather was perfect, warm and sunny, and neither of us was sick. We stayed at an Airbnb […]