Grenoble Street Art: When I first arrived in Grenoble, graffiti was a big part of my first impression. Tagging seemed to show little discrimination between occupied and shuttered buildings, busy respectable street corners, and dim alleys.
French Alps: Every autumn, researchers from the Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine visit a network of study sites dotted through the French Alps. The network, a project called ORCHAMP, is set up along elevation gradients chosen for monitoring biodiversity from valley floors to high alpine meadows.
Jardin du Lautaret:: Alpine blooms, late summer - Thistles were still in bloom, especially the silvery-purple alpine Eryngium with collars of bracts worthy of Renaissance nobility.
Jardin du Lautaret: the carefully curated terraces of alpine plants from around the world were dormant at 2100 meters and It was March.
Plateau des Lacs: The plan... leave from work, drive 1+ hrs, hike 1+ km sleep à la belle etoile by a lake, and return to work in the morning.
There’s another Bastille, not the long-gone Revolutionary flashpoint, but the most iconic landmark of Grenoble: the mountainside Fort de la Bastille.
Learning from your mistakes. This is easy enough to take when you just get a little ding and lose a heart from Duolingo, but sounding stupid while speaking to a real live person is another matter. It is without question my biggest weakness when learning a language.
Learning French and learning to ski: they're the same really, or are they - ha!
Marseille: the color and the gray. Discover the forts, the beaches, the Calanques - a visit with open eyes.
I went to Marseille alone on a whim. I took my first visit to the famous sun-soaked coast before the crowds and heat picked up.
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