Three Fun Days!

Tuesday, after staying up half the night re-watching Doctor Who, I walked almost a mile to get breakfast with a new friend from my room at the hostel. We were the only two people in the 6 bed room and we hit it off really well, sharing a lot of laughs. Since the hostel had stopped serving breakfast at 9, we were heading to a super market halfway between the hostel and the city center of Dijon. I bought bread and cheese again but ended up having that for lunch when on the way out of the building we saw a little restaurant/cafe serving a good deal on crepes. I got a good sized crepe filled with bananas and covered in chocolate.
After finishing sometime after 10, we started wondering the city center and ended up walking for a good portion of the day. We visited a free museum, walked by the cathedral, enjoyed a large market full of meats, cheeses, sea food as well as fruits and vegetable. By about 4 we were getting a bit weary and decided to take a bus back.
Wednesday, I caught my 9:21 train towards Grenoble with no trouble to speak of and since my first train arrived right on time, I had no problem catching the next one in the 12 minute time slot. Upon arrival, I learned I would have to take a third train and actually backtrack a bit towards some towns I passed on the way into Grenoble. There was a minor error made when I reserved a room. Since Grenoble was still in the title of the Hotel I chose, I thought it would be a good deal closer or that there would be a bus or tram directly there like in Dijon. However, I guess 18 miles is too far for that kind of thing, so I bought myself two tickets in order for me to go in and see the town today. I bought myself dinner at the hotel across the way and stored a bunch of the free bread in my napkin for later.
Which finally brings me to what I was up to today. I woke at 6:30, had breakfast close to 7, watched on more episode of Doctor who, then headed to the train station for my 9:00 train. I spent a good portion of my morning in the office of tourism trying to get information on the El Camino and working on finding affordable transportation. I've been spending more lately on lodging and now trains. I love trains, so I chose them over buses recently.
I left almost an hour later with a map and no step closer to finding what I needed since phones are often finicky on certain sites. The very first thing I checked out was the Téléphéric. This cost me just €5.20 to go into a pod shaped structure hanging on a wire that takes people up across the river and over the trees to the top of the nearest mountain. Once up there, I spent close to 2 hours exploring, first finding a tunnel, then a path to a war memorial. My lunch, while I was up there, consisted of 3 or 4 nice chunks of bread from the restaurant.
Then, at the beginning of my descent down the mountain, I found a bench to rest on. My feet were getting rather weary. Upon getting back to the center of town, I happened across another one of those tiny train tours and took the opportunity to rest further. My legs were starting to shake every time I stopped to take pictures thanks to all the hills and the stairs on the way down. During the 45 minute train tour, my map flew into the wind which meant there was going to be one more pit stop at the office of tourism before heading back.
By 5 or 6, I got back to my room and got all my ducks in a row immediately after getting into dry clothes. (It was a hot day to do all that walking.) I have a room and a way to get to it. My next stop is Le-Puy-en- Valey. Planning to start the El Camino! Here we go!