these caves are located in the Vercors mountains just an hour north of Grenoble by Bus, the have stalamites and stalagtites... pokey things in both directions. the inside temperature is the same all year long 50°F and the water is about 40°F year round as well. These caves are some of the oldest in the world, with stalagtites that grow about an inch every 50 Years the caves have some that are well over 5ft long, unfortunately what made these caves famous; what made them famous is that durring the second world war the french resistance movement used them as a hide out to escape the italians and then later the nazi? this was used as a refuge for Jewish families... I would like to tell you that is the end of the story and everyone lived happily ever after,But this is France, and even in french cinema endings arn't happy, and niether was the ending for these Familires and restance fighters....
what was really cool about this trip was the water falls (which are Technically off limits) where amazing to play in ...
Song of the post this is an oldy too
Monday, April 11, 2011
Check in 6 Vizille
so this is a quaint little city that dclaims to be where the french revolution started, one of Three. Thats pretty much every little cities attempt to claim fame is some part in the French Revolution, this is a cute little city with access via bus from grenoble in about 20 minutes. le Château de Vizille is also the museum of the French revolution and has lots of paintings and artifacts, in my opinion its poorly curated, but still a cool place to go, because the castle itself is beatutiful. And the grounds of the Castle are also a park which is breathtaking.
a classically french Song
a classically french Song
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