Thanks Bill ! He was very content just to hang out and let us takes pictures

And he has a nice keg of beer too 😏

Yeah, he’s living a pretty static existence!

Blue flowers are gentian. Not enough detail to tell the yellow ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana

I think I found an ID. Golden Ground Beetle (Carabus auronitens).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabus_auronitens

Good contrast between you and the guy hanging....

A little larger than the one on your deck!

You took the hike! I was going to ask if it was in the plan but thought it unlikely since you’ve only got a week to work with. Congratulations! Sorry you didn’t get a break with the weather though.

I’m kind of partial to order as well. Probably stems from training and education as an Engineer. However … I do love the chaos that is Italy and SE Asia in moderate doses

Dodie really loves the German passion for things being in order. She is half German, so comes by it naturally.

I recognize that hotel door! Madame looks very happy to be on the road again.

You should check out Annecy which we was even better than Grenoble!

Thanks Scott,

We’ll be watching for quickly rising water. So far so good even though it’s been raining the last few days. So green, so rural, so dramatic … and we’ve just started!

Thanks Rachael,

It’s so good to be back in Europe on a bike, even if only for a few days. We almost certainly have another copy-cat tour brewing in the Grenoble area. We bypassed that in 2018 and stuck to the Via Rhonda. Once again you’re showing us what we missed!

Good spotting Keith. He’d probably could only be half as proud as me … and only because I managed to edit a photo on an iPad. I’m feeling like a technology wizard right now!