[UNC Summer in Grenoble] First Morning at Grenoble.

June 1st, 2015
After being knocked out in bed for a long while, my friend and I woke up on the morning of June 1st.
First thing we did was to get outside and get some breakfast!

We first headed out to the big, main street of Grenoble, called 'Cours Jean Jaures.'
This was also the place where my friend and I found the taco/kebab place on the previous day, so we thought it might be a good idea to start off the day by looking around this street.

and surprise surprise!
We found a baker shop, called 'Sesame.'

My friend and I treated ourselves with a muffin.
I ordered a chocolate muffin that was a bit bigger than I expected (which is good), and very delicious!

My friend and I were appreciating the scenery of 'Cours Jean Jaures' along with our breakfast muffin.

The exclamations still continued from last evening.

After finishing our muffins, we decided to explore Grenoble.
We didn't really have anything better to do back then

I have to say,
the main street of Grenoble is gorgeous!

So much nostalgia is filling up my heart as I'm posting right now!

This is where the Train station is.
It was only necessary to go slightly North East, following the tram rail track, from Cours Jean Jaures.

If you remember what happened in the previous post.....
..... just keep in mind that not having access to Google Maps on the first day of arrival to a new place may cause a lot of confusion, and a huge waste of time.

Back to the big street before heading East this time.
and Yes, this is one heck of a land/cityscape!

This time, we followed the tram rail and headed South East, because that's where the cellphone carrier shops were located.
We were trying to find the places beforehand, before other classmates arrived.

After successfully finding the locations of the cellphone carrier shops, we were making our way back to 'Cours Jean Jaures.'

Here's a nice blend of the detailed city architecture and the tall mountain in the distance.

This was another place that seemed to have a lot of shops and restaurants.

and on to our right..

We found a small park!

Well, it was not really a park.
The official name of this place was 'Place Victor Hugo,' which seems to get translated to something like "Victor Hugo Plaza."

What a peaceful scenery!
Even though this is deep within the city of Grenoble, I really loved the plaza's peaceful and quiet atmosphere.

My friend and I decided to sit at a bench and enjoy the peacefulness.
I personally love doing nothing and just appreciating the peace and quiet from time to time.
Too bad life is busy... I should have been born in Sweden or something...


As the time approached 11 AM, my friend and I returned to Hotel Trianon, grabbed our stuff and checked out, and headed over to somewhere near the train station, because we were supposed to meet the rest of the arriving classmates at the Grenoble train station around 1 PM or 2 PM.

Since, both of us still had about an hour to spare, we decided to have a light lunch.
Oh, and I loved the atmosphere of this street, and the feeling of eating outside.

We decided to have some pieces of sushi.
I was very surprised to see a slab of slate being used as a plate.

This is my friend, being very French.
I guess he really had to drink some wine, because it's France!

Well, I don't drink, so none of the alcohol related fantasies(?) are relevant.

This is a picture that I tried to capture both the mood of the street and the sushi, but ended up being a shot of just sushi.

After the lunch, my friend and I headed over to the Grenoble train station to meet rest of the classmates and Damien, who was kind of like the guide(?) of this Summer Program.