These pictures are just odds and ends of things that I find interesting.
Grenoble is very flat and as such is a great city for bikes. There are bike routes throughout the city and as a pedestrian you do have to be careful when crossing a bike path because the bikers are off to work or school or to do errands and are going at a good clip. The "métrovélo" (city bike in English) are rental bikes, for the day, month or year. There are so many of them around town that I sometimes wonder how people remember which one is theirs. Since I like biking, I considered renting one, but then decided that I really like walking around town and have the time to see everything when on foot.
This can be found in every neighborhood . . . a glass recycling container. We recycle all paper and plastic, but all glass goes in this container (there are no refunds for bottles, plastic or glass). About every other week, a truck comes to empty the container by lifting it by the hook on the top. A trap door on the bottom opens to release all the glass into a truck. This of course makes a clattering noise which always makes us jump since this one is just outside of our building.
I have to laugh about the noise the glass recycling container makes because I was running past the recycling bins in our neighborhood one morning (fairly early!) when the glass container was emptied, and it did make a terrific crash!
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