Meuliere

We made a second attempt to hike up the 'facile' loop trail that takes you past the ancient millwheel quarries above le Mont Saint Martin (last time darkness and baby crankiness overtook us). It's amazing to see the remains of ancient facilities where they hand shaped millwheels and then moved the 1 ton wheels down the mountain... in the 14th century!

There are amazing looking cliffs to the NE, none of which appear to be equipped


beautiful light as we got back to the car



and a sleepy Zoe

ice cream in winter

Grenoble has two (maybe more?) amazing ice cream makers: the place near the Jardin de Ville and Gonzalez. I have previously posted about some of the weird flavors that Gonzalez makes such as tomato, mustard and basil. Anyway, the boulangerie across the street just happens to sell tubs of Gonzalez ice cream. So far, I've tried the caramel with beurre salé and fleur de orangier (orange blossum). Both have been excellent and I am saving up my euro centimes for a ice cream cake!