Sometimes its hard to upload pictures here if my internet connection isn't great, but since it is working now I thought I'd just post some pictures. Most of these are from this weekend, when I walked up to La Bastille, an old fort on top of a hill. It had some great views of the area and it was a lot of fun. We took our time 'hiking' up while other people ran past us, then had a picnic at the top. We spent all our energy on walking up and lounging in the grass at the top though, so we decided to ride back down in les bulles, which are round gondolas that go up and down to the Bastille.
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| A weekly market in Grenoble where we bought our picnic supplies |
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| View of the mountains from a foot-bridge over the Isère river |
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| An archway on our way up to the Bastille |
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| Les Bulles, gondola-type structures that you can ride up to or down from La Bastille |
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| At the Bastille |
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| My fellow Americans walking up the the Bastille |
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| La Bastille |
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| When we got back into town, there was a demonstration against a proposed policy to deport Roms (Romanes) from France |
Nothing like a little sightseeing and political action to make you feel like you're in France. The demonstrators were marching along the tram tracks in the
centre-ville so none of the trams could get through, which was fine with me because I wanted to watch the demonstration and because I can take a bus home. The French are full of civil unrest apparently, because today there is a strike of the public transportation system. They are lobbying for better retirement and higher wages. Fortunately some of the trams and buses are still running so I can still get to campus, although I must say I feel like this takes a little of the power away from their strike. What's the point in having a strike if you're still going to work?
Eh, bien.
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