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Annecy fue nuestro primer destino después de recoger el coche alquilado en el aeropuerto de Saint-Exupéry, Lyon. ( Y que coche... habíamos alquilado un triste Laguna, y nos encontramos con aquel pepinaco, como dijo Álvaro ).

Annecy es una ciudad de postal, imprescindible, que nos sirvió para abrir ...

... mentioned Marilys and Gerd in Nienburg Wesser. No surprise, she was born and brought up in Nienburg and intended being buried there!. General sight-seeing Wednesday.

30.07.09 Dompierre des Ormes N46 21'48.5" E4 28'34.8"
A bit of an out-of-the-way place but a bar within walking distance, a feature one of us likes very much. Our gas bottle ran out today having lasted all of 14 days. This has decided us to stay in France ...

... improved soo much. I met a French girl on the bus today on the way to school and I actually held a conversation with her in French! I understood her and she understod me! Yay!! That is a huge improvement for me :) I am starting to pack up my suitcases and it amazes me how I fit everything in them before I got here! Well I am not sure I will be able to write again before I leave for Italy so... See you all on the 10th 12 more days!! YAY!!!

... meters. Yesterday we rode up Alpe d'Huez (21 switchbacks) which is close to where we are staying. This mountain was used in last years Tour de France and you climb 1120 meters in 13km on the bike. Jayn managed to do it in 1hour and 19minutes and I was 1hour and 3min and 30seconds. The tour riders do it between 37 and 38 minutes.

Stay tuned for further news.

... for cycling and my love to France. I went to the time trial stage in Annecy. I can tell you that I had a good time. What stays with me is the commercialization of the event. It's a big thing. On the pics you can see impressions of a beautiful day.

... slightly less aerodynamic version. All fine on the way to Anecy town but screaming child on return journey - Stu's legs were a blur...

Had a short wakeboard - yes Stu was gutted (shouldn't go mad with a scalpel then..) and yes it was a great spot..Stu made up for it by leaping of a mountain paragliding..mad fool..Lauren kept asking where "Daddy had gone.."..She is still trottin out the "euro poof pants" Un ...

... a wonderful collection of Rodin sculptures which we particularly appreciated having recently visited the Rodin museum in Paris. They also have quite a good collection of Impressionists (in a broad interpretation), including several wonderful Degas dancers, I found a Sisley “La seine a Argenteuil” particularly interesting as I remember fondly other works painted ...

... Lac du Bourget which is the biggest in France, and has a much larger port area. The port area seems much more focussed on local pleasure boat industry than on the international tourism, as in Annecy, but there is also significantly more industry surrounding the town.

It was a windy day so after walking along the lake for a while and finding that we were parked quite a bit further away from the main centre than we thought ...

... on an island in the canal. Lots of cafes and tourist shops here, over in the main town cental area there are all the facilities off a bustling active town. We popped into a couple of the large local churches in the tourist area. Each seemed to have a resident mother and babe in arms, begging just inside the doorway.

Drove up into the mountains beside the lake and got some ...

Wandered in circles until finding the train station. Boarded the high speed train to Lyon. Lyon is a quaint little city. We got a bit lost due to lousy maps but finally reached the hotel. Very nice. Had a great dinner, the most expensive of the trip so far. Escargot, frog legs, prawns and sea bass. Topped off with creme brule. I'm stuffed.