We returned to Trièves for bicycle touring, this time not just for one but four days. Like last time seven years ago, partial plan was to escape the heatwave in the city, but at 700-900 meters it was still very hot. Fortunately, unlike when walking or hiking, when riding you […]
We booked a newly and very nicely renovated studio apartment on the sixth and uppermost floor of the apartment building in Roche Béranger in Chamrousse 1750 for three night this past weekend. We drove there early Friday evening and returned this Monday morning so that we could have two full […]
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 […]
This past long weekend concluded our two-weekend dress rehearsal for the bicycle touring season of 2026. We encountered almost every aspect — good or bad — one commonly encounters on tours. We rode in heavy rain and chilly wind, but also under a scorching sun in the beginning of a […]
Our bicycle touring has been on hiatus for a few years for various reasons, but we are resuming this much loved recreational activity this Summer. We are planning a 2 to 3-week tour later in the Summer or early Fall, probably La Via Allier — a new route following the […]
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 […]
Finally, we had a proper winter vacation, with snow and skiing and all. First, we spent a week in the village of Le Rosier in Vallée de la Clarée in Hautes-Alpes (our third time there in three months) running and skiing, and then three days in Entre-Deux-Guiers on the Chartreuse […]
… after two years, that is! This short post is to share some pictures from our extempore skiing adventure in Vallée de la Clarée in Hautes-Alpes. A couple of weeks after we returned from our year-end vacation there, having not skied a single meter because of the snow situation, a […]