The Last Local Adventure - Exploring Briançon

This weekend was much more chill and local. We slept in on Saturday and planned to do a snowshoe hike, but Livia’s key broke off in the door and her door looks somewhat medieval so it didn’t actually latch closed. So she stayed at home and Gaia and I went out exploring Briançon. 


But first, a baguette!

Map of the old city - Cité Vauban

We went first up and around the fort and walls of the city, and found a spot overlooking all of the city to hang out, it was a great spot where you could see across to other mountains but also into the old city. 









From the peak of the hill, we hiked down to the river and along it trying to get to the military base on the other side of the river. It was a little too snowy to hike up this part of the mountain so we ended up just staying along the river and walking to the bridge that connects the old city with the military fort. The river park had this huge amusement area with a ropes course, paintball, laser tag, and climbing, looks like it would be amazing in the summer. And it happened to be right next to my favorite abandoned building. 

My favorite building in daylight



Looking up at the bridge from the river

After this trip we headed back to the apartment and the locksmith had arrived. We had a quiet evening and went to a closeby restaurant where we shared a soufflé, mushroom soup, and trout. The soup was so deliciously creamy, I guess the French are known for their creamy soups where they put a lot of butter. And the trout was grilled at the fire right next to our table which was pretty cool, except they served it as a fish, eyeballs and all - there’s something unsettling to me about eating something with eyes. The crème brûlée was a must have for dessert, and we headed back to the apartment that we had cleverly tied shut with a string. We went to bed because we needed to get up at 5 to make the drive back to Oulz to catch the train! So I am writing this on the train to Torino, then will catch the train to Milano, and then 2 metros to Linate airport. So if it is uneventful, you won’t hear from me again! Such a great way to spend the holidays, filled with beautiful European landscapes! 


Last pic with Livia
Closing the beautifully hand-carved door on this adventure! See what I did there?


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