IN GRENOBLE
We are spending six weeks in Grenoble, to care for the Anglican congregation at St Marc’s Ecumenical Centre. We started with an easy journey from Axminster. We reached the Eurotunnel an hour early, which meant a comfortable arrival at our overnight hotel in Calais. Our long drive the next day, from Calais to Dijon, was in clear sunshine, with no problems on the roads. We had a break in Troyes – an attractive town, which we would like to revisit. And so to Grenoble the next day. Grenoble is a very pleasant city, surrounded by snow-capped mountains. It is spacious, with wide roads and many open area with trees and greenery. Much of this is the result of hosting the 1968 Winter Olympics! The Anglican church meets in St Marc’s Ecumenical Centre, which was built on the edge of the Olympic village and houses a larger Roman Catholic congregation, and a small Reformed Church (now United Protestant) one. The chaplain’s apartment is a 5 minute walk from the church, on the sixth floor of a ...