French Alps: Day 3

Today was a transition day between Grenoble and Chamonix, so there wasn't too much actual alps involved during the day. But, it gives me a place to put a few small things together.

Grenoble is a nice little city, not too big, and with convenient transportation links to most of the french alps (hence why I was staying there). Grenoble has it's own cable car, a little five car bubble thing that runs up and down from the center to the old fort above town.

From Grenoble and Annecy

On the way to Chamonix, I stopped off to see some cliffs.

From Grenoble and Annecy

There were a lot of people paragliding off of them. In fact, next to where I was standing was a launching pad for people jumping off the cliff.

The highlight of the day was definitely Annecy. The town sits on a big lake and has a nice old section of town with narrow streets. Half of it is built in the middle of the river for some reason.

From Grenoble and Annecy

From Grenoble and Annecy