Annecy

Our visit to Annecy started off badly after Samuel spotted our hotel not too far in the distance as we drove into Centre Ville but we couldn’t work out how to get to it. The one way streets and pedestrian only streets nearly got the better of us. We drove around in circles for ages even with me holding a map. (We won’t go into my map reading skills here.) After about half an hour I said I’ve just about had enough of this and Ella said that she’s just about had enough of us too arguing and we all started laughing because it was funny.

Annecy is absolutely gorgeous. It’s bustling and pretty and full of tourists. We were happy for the sunny day and so was everyone else judging by the crowds everywhere. Annecy is made for walking. Lots of little cobbled streets and old, old village buildings. There’s a beautiful park right next to the lake with grass which you’re permitted to walk on and gorgeous big old trees. We wandered around the park then along the canal and had to stop for beer by then and afterwards we kept walking along the streets faire du leche vitrine (window shopping – or window licking as they say in France).

There was a street performer making balloon toys for kids and Samuel and Ella really wanted one so we hung around and she ended up doing a magic show and lots of people gathered round and she kept telling everyone we were from Australia and we had come here just to see her show. It was very funny.