Grenoble and Le Glacier Des Bossons

Because my father's last text message said "Love you. Don't forget about your blog," here is round two.

For the past two days, I have been in Grenoble, a town in the French Alps famous for La Bastille and for having two universities renown for science and research. When we got there yesterday, Lila and I were quite tired so we spent a good hour just sitting in a park people watching, which has become one of our favorite things to do in French cities. The people are usually very attractive and well-dressed so obviously interesting. While it inspires, it also makes us reconsider all past fashion choices and strive to be more French in our dressing. How can one pull off skinny jeans and Nike hi-tops without looking at all like a douche bag? Go to France and so many women who will show you how.

There is lots of graffiti all around the city. There was this random sheep that was everywhere, like we saw it everywhere, but I don't know what it means or represents but it's pretty cool I suppose. The architecture is also really cool there; very French and such with the apartments above the shops with the big windows that open like in Paris. I liked Grenoble in general and felt less judged than in Paris but everyone was still you know French so therefore intimidating by birth.

We also went to La Bastille which is a fort that protected France from invasion back in the day (I feel like there is a relation to Bastille Day but that is not confirmed). To get there, you have to take cable cars and in Grenoble, they are these cute little pods that travel all together instead of being more like a ski lift. The view from the top is awesome. 

 

Two days before going to Grenoble, Lila and I went on a hike to Le Glacier des Bossons. We took a lift up so the hike was around an hour and a half. It wasn't that hard but many French hikers seem to have a penchant for jogging down the mountain so we passed many-a-jogger on our way up. I don't understand this hobby.

The view from the glacier was quite incredible. This picture is obviously Instagram-ed (it was quite a popular Insta if i do say so myself) but still shows how awesome it was. At the top there was a café with incredibly overpriced water (3 euros for a cup of Perrier) and no Diet Coke (or Coca Light) but none of that matters anyway. The view was amazing nonetheless.