(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 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 […]
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 […]
Another scorching weekend in Grenoble, another escape to the higher altitude, this time to Le Corbier (1550m) in Savoie department, where the daytime temperatures were forecast to be below +30C. I am not sure if it was true, but nights at least were cooler than in the town. We rented […]
For several weeks now daytime temperatures in Grenoble and Gresivaudan valley have climbed between +30 and +40 degrees of Celsius. Fortunately the nights and mornings have still been cool, but it is all changing now; the nights are warmer and the days even hotter. This past weekend (July 27-29) we […]
A day before the weather forecast promised sun and warm temperatures for Saturday (May 26), but we did not get any, or much of either. Instead we had strong gusty wind and cold rain on this first Spring hike in Southern Vercors, where we have not been before. It was […]
We returned to Serre Chevalier valley for the weekend (April 20-22) to enjoy a bit more winter weather and strengthen our newly (re)acquired skiing skills — it feels like every time we are on our skis we need to learn skiing anew, but luckily after each time it takes less […]
Again this winter we spent a one-week vacation in Serre Chevalier valley in Hautes-Alpes (Mar 17-24). This time we stayed in Le Monêtier-les-Bains at the altitude of 1500 meters. According to the schedule, the bus ride from Grenoble to Serre Chevalier takes about two hours. It took us ten hours. […]