Thursday, January 22, 2009

Annecy 12 January 2009

Mountain near Lake Annecy

Kids on the grass at the Lake


View across the lake to the church



We had a brief but pleasant stay in Annecy. What a cute place! We were contemplating Annecy as a place we could live. The beautiful Lake Annecy is right in the middle of town and there's grassy areas for picnics and space for the kids to play and run around and ride bikes.

Our hotel was easy to find and parking was cheap. The person at the Hotel du Nord was very friendly and helpful and the room was a good size and fitted us all in comfortably. It all makes for a good memory of a place when things go well.

The morning of our departure was bright and sunny but still cold. What a difference a bit of sun makes when it’s cold. We had a walk over to the Lake and the kids ran around abit and then we headed off.

We drove all the way to Valence before stopping for lunch. Could you believe the temperature increased rapidly to 14°C shortly after we left Annecy. We had to turn the air conditioner on because it was getting hot and stuffy in the car.

We had our usual carpark picnic lunch (baguette and ham and cheese) and then continued driving till we arrived back at Carlipa at about 5pm. The traffic on the autoroute was pretty heavy with truck after truck after truck. But with 3 lanes most of the way it wasn’t a problem.

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