Thrive, Life is your Opportunity!
Beaune France has a calm grounded energy. For some reason neither the tourists nor the locals feel as though they are in a hurry. Some of the streets are crowded, but without a sense of urgency and passive aggressive commandeering of space when walking. It is a laidback pervasive feeling that fits …
[Read more...] about Another Day in Beaune, Another Winery Tour: Outside the walls
I have looked forward to being in Beaune France since I added it to the itinerary a week ago. I noted previously that I am a wine drinker and a Pinot Noir lover. Beaune is in the Burgundy region and Burgundy is the premier Pinot Noir region in the world. After only 4 hours in the city, we found …
As noted previously, 4 days in Grenoble is not enough. The town is rich in history, architecture and activity. For our last day we decided to explore several things that had caught our attention, but we had failed to pursue. As usual that meant walking, quite a bit of it. There are a couple of …
[Read more...] about Last Day In Grenoble: Another travel adventure
Three hundred meters above the river, but on twisting winding paths for more than a mile, not sure how much more. That is how you get to The Bastille, unless you want the easy way up by cable car. Two pictures from the lawn at the contemporary art museum of Grenoble. We hiked to the top this …
We realized fairly quickly, Grenoble is not a charming little village. In fact it is a city of 159,000 in a metropolitan area of 433,000. It is situated in a valley at an elevation of about 700 feet. A good sized and reportedly intermittently rowdy river runs through it, either the Drac or the Isere …
