Nathan and I are both SIGG users, and we hardly ever buy bottled drinks. We live on tap water, and the quality of water here in Grenoble is pretty good. No need for Brita filter, no need for Culligan. However, I noticed that the water Nathan brings back from his work (Montbonnot) tastes better than ours, and the water at our friends' place (Le Versoud) is even better. This is quite interesting as all three loci are within 15km.
This past weekend, we left for a short excursion to drink the most celebrated water in the world: Evian. Évian-les-bains is on the south shore of Lake Léman (Lake Geneva), about 2.5 hours by car from Grenoble. Not yet too crowded with touristes, the city welcomed us with a perfect weather with delicious water for free. Originally "owned" by Mr. Cachat, the Evian water is now sold by Danone. The city also offers the thermal therapy. We missed out on the spa opportunity this time, but any town with "les-bains" have the spas.
Here on the Avenue des Sources, you can freely get "Evian" water in your bottles. We chatted with a couple who had two dozens of bottles. They come from 30km away whenever they need more water. I am sure their tap water is labeled as "French Alpes Water." I must say, the water in Évian-les-bains in our SIGG bottles tasted really good, definitely better than the one in plastic bottles.If we ever move to Germany, we will be drinking water in glass bottles (so I heard?)!
(Original Cachat building with Lausanne, Switzerland in the background over the lake)
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