Allez St. Eynard

I think this might be part of the village of St. Eynard, tucked away in the mountains (but it's only about 30 minutes from Grenoble). We began our hour-long trek here.


Well, we would begin it soon.


As soon as I pushed Tarek into the snow (honestly, he pushed me first).


We climbed and hiked and climbed and then suddenly over the crest of a slope, we saw... this. Breathtaking.


The city of Grenoble (and a few others, like Meylan, St Martin d'Heres, Gieres, Echirolles, Coroc). This is where I live!


And this is me, sporting an oh-so sexy headband and weeks of unshaven scruff.


A mysterious cave we investigated. Inside, we found loads of icicles and thus had to...


Play pirates!


I played a very wild-eyed pirate.


The crew, L-R: Matthias, Ben, Tarek, moi, Rachel, Antonio and Francesco. Yes, everyone is pretty much from the country that their name sounds like.