When I'm not working, I'm hiking

So basically when I'm not making bread and selling bread, I'm checking out the various mountain hikes around Grenoble, of which there never seem to be a limit of options. The nearest hiking path leads right up to an old fort called the Bastille. Its a pretty quick 40 minute or so hike, not quite so easy considering you're going straight up the mountain face, but the views once you get to the top are spectacular and well worth the trip. The Bastille is an old military fort from the 1800s, accessible by foot or a really cool set of aerial cable cars (the Téléphérique). As the premier touristique site in Grenoble, it attracts over 600,000 visitors per year.




(above) The view of the mountain as you approach the Bastille on the other side of the Isère River. The Bastille is that little brown fort thing you see on the top of this mountain. Random note: Most of these buildings at the foot of the mountain are Italian restaurants, offering a combination of the traditional Italian fare as well as wood-fired oven pizzas. I love wood-fired oven pizzas. Other random thought: It's also interesting because it feels like all the Italian places in Grenoble are clustered in this same stretch of river. To be sure you can find a few scattered around the city, but if you want Italian, your best bet is to head just straight for the other side of the river.