Next week we are leaving for another bike tour in Central France. Today we did a short (37.4km, 3h) recreational practice ride exploring the new bike path along the river Drac, South of Grenoble. It was a very comfortable ride, but we wish there would have been more picnic spots […]
Another visit to the ghost ski station of Saint-Honoré 1500. The previous one was on winter last year when we started a hike to Lac-de-Charlet (1921m) but had to turn back because of the icy snow conditions. Today’s hike was nothing like that. Of course it wasn’t since we are […]
Despite my recent rant, we returned to Chartreuse this Wednesday morning for another hike. We started at Col de la Charmette and climbed to Col de la Grande Vache, then descended to Col de la Sure, again slightly ascended to Goulet d’Hurtières, and then descended back to Col de la […]
The heat was back (and still is) after a few cooler days, and we took advantage of the nice weather going on another bicycle tour on Saturday (14.9.). Since we have fully explored the two nearby valleys — Grésivaudan and Isère — we looked for other options within a short […]
This is a quick post about our weekend trip to Vienne (Isère) to Joan Baez’s farewell tour concert “Fare Thee Well”. We bought the ticket well in advance, but decided on the last minute — we had contemplated the idea before, though — that it would be a great bicycle […]
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 […]
for years. This was also the first time we took the bikes on the train in this country — one of those not so accessible trains with steep and narrow stairs and toilets that flush on the tracks. And we were not the only ones with the idea of bringing […]