Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Swapping bike shoes for walking shoes

Not too much to report today except another glorious cloudless day in the French Alps, decided to have a day off the bike (very hard thing for me to do), instead headed down to the tourism office and picked up some maps and suggested hiking itineraries.
The map boasts "900kms of trails" or more specifically "900 kms de sentiers pour decouvrir L'Oisans
", so there were plenty of choices. I opted for a walk that started around the lake in Allemont where I am staying and then climbed up higher in the mountain before descending back into the village.
There's plenty more to do than just the cycling and you could come back many times and still not cover half of it.
Met up with my French teacher that afternoon, still finding it very difficult but all I can do is persist, finished up going to a local bar afterwards in Bourg d Oisans and had a few drinks with some local UK folks which was good fun.

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