October 23, 2014

Bike trip Grenoble to Annecy

I stared my bike trip yesterday. The plan is to take a train to Grenoble with my bike,  bike up to Annecy then take a train back.  The distance is about 150km and so is not too bad. 

The idea of this trip came when I met a friend on the plane on the way over to Paris.  I had previously wrote about how there were 5 language assistants from Toronto who took the same flight as me.  Well I kept in contact with them and Cassandra - a girl from Ottawa lives in Grenoble which is not too far from me.  So I messaged her and started planning my trip. 

In order to bring my bike onto the train I would have to pay extra if I took the TGV (high speed train). Being cheap I took the slower trains with many interchanges to arrive in Grenoble and in the process saved about 30 euros. 

I took off from Guebwiller in the morning of October 22nd and arrived in Grenoble around 7pm. I arrived just in time to meet Cassandra and her friends for Indian food at a nearby restaurant. There were 3 German assistants, 1 Spanish and 4 English assistants including Cassandra and me.  So it was difficult to get to know many people.  But they were all very nice and surprised about my experiences especially when I told them about the Korean phenomenon known as plastic surgery. 

After dinner we all went back and crashed pretty early.  I sent out some couch surfing requests in Chambéry without any responses.  So in the end I decided to just take an airbnb place but I already have a couchsurfer host lined up on Annecy!

Waiting for the train bright and early at 8am

I had to make like 4 changes and each time there was a rack like this to carry my bike along. I love European trains!

had a 3 hour layover in Besancon so went exploring

Citadel Besancon

Beasancon


Peace from Grenoble.

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  1. AnonymousOctober 26, 2014 at 2:00 AM

    Hi Jack! I came across a post you wrote several months back about Nara Dreamland. I'm currently planning an overnight trip there myself and would really appreciate it if you could kindly answer some questions that I have! My email is huienlim[@]gmail.com (without the square brackets), or if you prefer I can email you directly if you leave your email in a comment here. Thank you! :-)

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