Grenoble

With a population of 300,000, Grenoble stands 13th largest city in France.
In reality, it's quite small. I can see the whole city from the fortified mountain, La Bastille.
Grenoble is famous for its language school. Many Chinese flock here to learn French. I've never encountered so many Chinese anywhere else in France. It's kind of odd.
Food is good here, people are nice, things are cheaper than in Paris, but many barely speak any English. My mom made a comment about retiring and moving here. I think she's crazy.




Grenoble is very much alive in its art and history. I wandered around in La Bastille and found a gallery about Nazi's in WWII.



In the donjon of La Bastille, I also found a very small gallery of insulation art, "Music". This is my favorite piece out of the 12. The string of a red balloon is attached to the needle of an old record machine moving in a constant pace. The room has a clear sound of the record needle moving back and forth while the red figure moves side to side in front of the window.



It was incredibly cool to see an excavated site very well preserved inside of a museum.
At Musée de I'Ancien Evěché of Grenoble, I walked into the remain of a Roman city wall build in 3rd century and a water fountain inside of the baptist house build in 4th century.