Annecy - French Alps July 6

Annecy July 6

It is raining – again!!!!
Croissants and coffee for breakfast, then into Annecy for a look at the town. It is very historical, built beside a mountain lake. Lots of old, (1000 years old some of them) stone buildings with canals running through the old part, and of course an old church that is built on top of a hill. With all the old buildings having planter boxes of brightly coloured flowers it was very attractive. We took numerous photos and ooghed and aarghed at the scenery and old buildings so much, even we were sick of ourselves and were searching the vocabulary for better descriptive words than pretty, and beautiful. (Tres belle).

The supermarket was another experience. They sell everything, and have a whole section dedicated to cheese, another to wine – with expert staff. A few bits for dinner – BBQ tonight with a French flavour. Meat, salad and frites, followed by more cheese. This time the cheese was curtesy of a mobile Fromagerie (cheese van) who paid us a personal call at 9.30 at night Not that the lateness mattered, we had not started dinner yet – they like to eat late in France.

The Fromagerie was quite a experience. He carries about 50 varieties of locally produced cheese, and a big selection of local hams and sausages. Brian thought he was in heaven, or a close to heaven as he is every likely to get. We spent about Euro50.00 on cheese and meat. This was obviously quite a lot because he gave me a ham to show his appreciation of our business. Incidentally the amount of goods we purchased would have cost about $300.00 at the Richmond Hill larder.

Not nearly as many steps today as I should have – the jeans are getting tighter.