Fall in Grenoble

Cou cou! Sorry for the delay in writing, it's been an interesting week here in France. Let's just say I got to navigate the french medical system and it was a wee bit stressful! but no worries, feeling much better now! it's finally changing seasons here in Grenoble, switching from summer to fall. it's only taken it two months! and it definitely has days, like last tuesday where summer fights tooth and nail to stay a little bit longer! last weekend was a good time. no trips or anything special, just time to chill with my family and friends. went for a hike up the bastille with alex on tuesday cause it's a national holiday here in france. the entire world was on top of the bastille that day because 1. there was no school/work and 2. it was around 75 degrees and gorgeous outside. here are some fall pictures from tuesday and then some age old food pics :)

Some foliage for you all, Grenoble style. being from northern new england, it's slightly difficult to be impressed by the leaves here. they definitely change but they're nowhere near as bright and colorful as the ones in Jackson! not to toot NH's horn or anything.... cause it's still pretty here!

Here is a CLASSIC grenoble shot. literally classic. these are the boules, or as they are called in anglais, the bubbles! they are like a gondola for all intensive purposes. i've never ridden them up the bastille, only down it. which is totally backwards. most people ride up and walk down. what can i say? i'm a backwards kind of person and i think hiking down is more painful!

This is the blue cheese that i ate after our hike up the bastille. normally i hate blue cheese and think that the flavor and the smell is atrocious and just completely disgusting. however, and i have no idea why, but this blue cheese was delicious! it was so good! me and alex made some smoked ham and blue cheese sandwiches on french french bread for our lunch. yum.

And next comes my absolute obsession with crepes. it's seriously a problem. they're so GOOD! it's hard not to become obsessed and want to spend every single moment possible eating them. you might ask why but then i would just direct you to this picture above. banana split crepe?!? YES PLEASE! when i saw this i was like oh my god i have to get that! even though it's huge and it said partager on it which means it's meant to split. but i ordered it anyway. hats off to the waiter for not judging me like every other french waiter does when i skip eating a meal crepe and go for the dessert ones. thank god alex was there considering i ate maybe half and then was on sugar overload and couldn't eat anymore. he finished it for me, on top of his tarflette crepe which is filled with ham and cheese and potatoes. so good.

AND yet another dessert crepe. don't worry they're not both for me. one was kait's. these were literal dessert crepes. we got them after having eaten a complete crepe which is ham, cheese, and egg. the waiter is adorable (same place as banana split crepe man) and this was the decoration that he drew on our crepes. they're best french crepes! i almost felt bad eating it cause it was so cute, but then i got over it. so good.

alright, i'm sure you are all probably thinking i am going to have a sugar addiction by the time i get back to the states, and you're probably right but i'm okay with it!! it's a beautiful (not actually considering it's raining....) morning here in grenoble. not sure what to do with myself. it was marie's birthday party last night and there were 5 extra little girls here who spent the night. i scare them for some reason, every time i go downstairs they stare at me and whisper amongst themselves. so i'm for all intensive purposes hiding in my room so that marie can have a fun birthday party. it's really funny cause they all know that i'm their foreign student but for some reason that makes them stare at me. one walked into my room last night by accident and saw me and ran out after screaming slightly. was not aware i was that frightening!

okay then. i am going to make a move towards doing something, no idea what but something. have a wonderful weekend!!!