005: Geneve (LSGG) → Tallard (LFNA).
POI’s:
After fixing my technical issues I could continue my trip across France, reentering the country near Geneva and arriving in Annecy as the first major city of this leg.
Next up was Grenoble. Due to my unwillingness to circumvent several larger mountain ranges I had to learn how rough the terrain in this part of France truly is. Up and down and up and down…
Leaving the larger cities behind me I crossed the Drac River near Quet-en-Beaumont, where it is dammed into a reservoir, the Lac du Sautet.
After a lot of aerial mountaineering we arrived in Tallard near the city of Gap with this scenic view of the Pic de Ceuse.
Small fact:
Did you know that Grenoble has some of France’s best preserved forts from the 19th century? After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 multiple forts were constructed to lock down the entire Isere Valley in case of invasion. They were never attacked by hostile forces and are therefore still intact today.