So rings the loudspeaker at the Stade Nautique. We’re at an ice hockey match. I’m not the sporty kind, but […]

In Grenoble they do winter very well. Just now, the city can’t help but cry out “Winter Wonderland!” at every […]

It can simply be said that, when I left Grenoble, Grenoble ceased to exist. Spending Christmas with my family in […]

It’s Christmas time at Grenoble. Standing behind a manger, I press my hands together serenely next to two other angels […]

It’s 5am in the morning and I am trudging through a snow blizzard on my way home to the UK. […]

Today it became winter. Summer here comes away like a slice; one minute I was wearing t-shirts and getting sunburnt, […]

It’s Saturday and I’m spending a day with the local bird watching association. “Il y a 15 bouses!” shouts my […]

Grenoble is for people who like mountains – a lot. That was my first surmise on arrival at a French […]