(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 […]
Le Désert is the last village in the Valjouffrey valley at 1275 meters, a perfect Sunday (Dec 4) getaway from Grenoble’s foggy and polluted air. As always in Winter months when starting driving from the town, we hit the clouds near Vizille, but soon after climb over them. We never […]
We’ve been quite occupied with our bathroom renovation for some time now, and it is still not finished. On top of that, since our Interrail trip to Spain we’ve both been sick with flu-like symptoms with a lot of coughing and runny noses but no fever. Instead of staying at […]
Next Saturday’s ultra trail race Ut4M will take us to Chamechaude (not quite to the top but pretty high anyway), which at height of 2082m is the highest peak in the Chartreuse range. Today, we made a short practice hike all the way to the top. Because of the rain, […]