Annecy adoration

Today I had the great fortune of visiting three french town of annecy. I mainly ended up there cos I needed to be out the house for a day and with a lack of better things to do, decided a short trip to france, where fuel is cheaper, is obviously the best option.

I'm extremely glad I could come up with nothing else to do because I've now found a dream holiday destination a mere hour and a half away by car (faster, but more expensive on the toll roads).

Although I went in the height of summer the crowds of people were not enough to spoil the charm of this town. In fact they added to it. The lake of annecy was a hub of activity with people paddle boarding, sailing, paddle boating and swimming. It really looked like a scene off a summer time post card. And here I thought all of those were posed! One of the advantages of working during high season its that you get holidays while everyone else is working and all great places seem private holiday resorts. However in this case annecy felt alive with tourists and its one of the few times I've been to france and met friendly french! it might be that I'm understanding the language a bit better so I know what people are saying to me, instead of being the ignorant english. And after cycling through annecy I understand why the french get so annoyed with the english.

If someone were to stop in the middle of the cycle path without warning (and that person was not under the age of 10) it is guaranteed that the next thing out of their mouth will be in english and the next thing out of everyone else's mouth will be putain! Why do the english insist on arriving on holiday and then proceeding to be absolutely obnoxious. They're not generally obnoxious in england so what changes as they cross the channel?

I'm getting distracted, this post is about annecy. Not only does annecy have an incredibly clear blue lake as its main attraction but its also at the foothills of the alps making climbing and hiking definite musts. I have not done either there so cannot give first hand experience but c' mon, its the alps and they never disappoint!

There is so much to rave about and share but I'm just going to whet your appetite and leave you with the photos! Enjoy.

Sedentary lifestyles 06/08/2013

I've been back in civilisation for the last few days and its been very uneventful. Its always nice visiting family again and eating good food but I find myself yearning for the road again. I'm gonna have to start syphoning gas from cars to afford all my travel desires! I should google that, I do feel like some cars don't have locked petrol tanks and if I borrow a little from everyone then no harm done... Of course I'd have to buy a jerry can! At the moment I'm enjoying being next to the lake in nyon on a perfect summer day! And its lovely watching so many people all here enjoying the sunshine too! Lovers, families, pensioners, house wives, business folk and even the unemployed who drunk beer while everyone else drinks water and teas! Wouldn't my mom be proud! Haha! The beach here is very nice, there is a grassy area that backs onto the lake and there are trees too which makes it easy to spend the day here. There is also this old man here who looks like he's here every day, he lies on a deck chair in a speedo that looks too small for him, then winds it up so it pulls up his butt to give him the least amount of covered area as is possible. There is much that I can handle, each to their own, but those extra few inches of tanned skin would look so much better white if it spared the world the sight of that tightly pulled speedo.