Grenoble's Greatest....

So here goes... as promised !
(in no particular order or ranking)



Friends/Acquaintances (Well, this one is surely rank #1)
People i met in Grenoble/France have all enriched this experience in several ways, big and small. I would not have made it without some of them (they know who they are) . Others taught me important lessons in life, even though they may not know it.


The mountains !

The Isere river, no matter how many times you hear the story of the 8 drowning students.

Sadistic tram drivers who refuse to open the tram door when they seeing you running towards one.

Wine and cheese !

O'Callaghan's and the saturday night crowd, even though it meant bumping into project managers from Schneider.

The Coke vending machine that never worked, below the telepherique station.

The telepherique and La Bastille !
(and the view of the Mont Blanc massif to the north-east)

The Chartreuse (the mountains and other things that go by the same name !)

"Grenoble. Ici, Grenoble"

Food !
(yes, all of it !)

Druid's and his awesome playlist...

Alliance Francaise, Monsieur Thomas, his map of France, and his 'par coeur' discourse on the origin of Kir.

The winters. Waking up to see the sun rise over the snow-covered mountains had it's own charm.

Travelling.... everywhere !

Attempting to ski...

Place Grenette and the wind that threatens to deposit you at Victor Hugo.

Saying 'bonjour' and 'merci' to the bus drivers everyday !

My neighbourhood boulangerie "Les gourmands disent".

Strangers asking you for cigarettes !

Monaco and how it tastes "like a dream"!


These are a few things that i am going to miss... I'm sure there are others, and i'll realise it only once i'm gone. Will report back.

I think this blog is going to move in a new direction now. I am inclined to start writing about my return to India, shocks i encounter, and how previously 'normal' things may not seem so normal anymore.

Stay tuned !