Posted by Olivier Chatot (France Telecom–Grenoble, France)
I spent last weekend in Annecy, a small city often called the Venice of the Alps. This city is famous for the various activities you can do: rock climbing, parapent, sailing, hiking, skying… I went there with people I met in Grenoble, where I work. We climbed to the top of nearby mountains during the day and watched movies at night — that weekend was the Festival of Animation. The picture above shows the view from the top of the second mountain, where we enjoyed a typical French picnic with salami, jam and cheese!
Seems like an awesome trip. Hope you’re enjoying Grenoble! Try to catch the Tour de France if you can… it’s not passing through Grenoble this year but it’s going through lots of nearby areas. I’ll be watching it in Monaco on July 4 and from Nice on July 5, but here’s a link for you to the TdF website (http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/us/le_parcours.html)… maybe you can take a short trip to watch it. It should be a really fun and unique experience!
posted by Jason Chan (POLITO, Italy)