I meant to write a blog post yesterday but I managed to spend the public holiday reasonably well, with some more woodworking in the morning (solo, now, as I can’t risk my dad getting infected), and a quick outing nearby in the late afternoon to continue on my chapels project. So, I suppose, not very different from how I would normally spend a public holiday; … Continue reading Salle Des Sculptures
So the phrase “social distancing” has entered our collective vocabulary, as a measure to slow the spread of COVID-19. That, and “mandatory quarantine”, which is an imposed version of the same. And while I’d rather find myself at a crag, climbing, I suppose I can make the most of this sorry situation by catching up on things that usually keep getting postponed. Like editing photos. … Continue reading Hieroglyphs
While the news keeps rolling about the virus outbreak, and I’m told that Maltese supermarkets have started seeing some serious panic buying, I thought I’d share the last processed photo from our visit to Grenoble just a few weeks ago. This one shows part of the city garden, just a couple blocks from our hotel. I believe the garden itself is lined with roses, so … Continue reading Jardin de Ville
A couple weeks ago I shared a photo of the nave in the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble. Today I’m back with three more photos from this cathedral. I originally intended to share these in separate blog posts, but in retrospect I felt it makes more sense to keep these together. Two of these show the main chapels, to the left and right of the … Continue reading Chapels in Grenoble Cathedral
I have been lucky enough to visit a few cities that just seem surrounded by mountains. Grenoble is the latest, and perhaps my favourite so far. So this week I’m sharing another photo from this city, this time from a walk towards the Musée de la Résistance et de la Déportation de l’Isère. We purposely extended our walk to pass through the Place de Verdun, … Continue reading Place de Verdun
Over the last couple weeks I had the pleasure of visiting Grenoble again, for work. It was a longer than usual visit, combining a workshop on cultural and natural heritage (more about this in another post, soon I hope) and a research visit with our partners at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. This visit being in winter, we originally hoped to drive up to Chamonix … Continue reading Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Grenoble
Muddy Boots 