Les Loges du Park Aix-les-Bains

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around the other side of the lake and wanted to get up high
overlooking the lake for one last time in the mountains. As I
approached the lake, a turnoff to the north was taken, now heading on
the other side of the lake I had not seen. I was heading up the
mountain pass and as I got higher the clouds moved in much to my
chagrin. I went around narrow curves, switchbacks, and fortunately
only met one car on the way up to the summit of the ...

... les francais) . Mais en meme temps qu'on s'apprete a cogner on voit une pencarte qui dit: "Chateaux poujeaux, 150m" YES!!!! Donc on marche 150m et qu'est-ce qu'on voit sur notre droite sur le mur d'un vieux garage/grange de deux étage... Un esti de drapeau québecois!!!! sa fa du bien! Donc on a fait connaissance avec plusieurs autres personnes qui était déja la ou qui se sont join a nous au cours de la soiré et du lendemain. Le dortoire: un garage avec sur le coté un ...

... Preciosa, un aperitivo de lo que nos íbamos a encontrar...
En la desembocadura del lago de su mismo nombre se encuentra la ciudad medieval, con el Palacio de la Isla controlando el acceso. En lo alto el castillo domina la ciudad y el lago.
Dormimos en el Hi Hostel Annecy, a 10 minutos dle centro.

We sadly left Chamonix and vowed to return there in the winter, and drove to Annecy. Annecy was kind of a repeat of Prague, beautiful old city, on the water, with canals... we were kind of sick of that scene by then. They are applying to have the 2018 Olympics there, with the ski events at Mont Blanc. It would be a nice venue for sure.

... year.

3.08.09 St. Desirat N45 15'31"E4 47'33.9"
Musee and Maison des Vins. A public car park masquerading as an aire.

4.08 09 Tournon-sur-Rhone N45 04'09"E4 49'53"
Visited the Chateau - quite empty, but lovely views over the Rhone valley. River-side parking.

5.08.09 Viviers N44 29.161'E4 41.534"
5eu for 24hrs and includes electricity - first time we've been on the mains for weeks.
No water ...

... that I will have one crazy day of trains and then by the 1st of August I will be in Venice! I will be in Venice for 3 days and then we will be in Rome for 2 days and then Florence for 2 days and then Paris for 2 days! I am so excited to see Italy and then to see Paris again! Classes have gone very well here but I am definitley ready to come home! I am starting to miss home pretty hard core. But today I proved to myself that my French ...

... you appreciate how fit the tour riders are in order to ride hard in the mountains. Over the last few days we climbed a few of the mountains used in previous tours. On Wednesday after watching the start of stage 17 we had a chance to climb Col d'Iseran which in 2007 was used in the Tour de France and is the highest pass the Tour goes over in the French Alps at ...

I always wanted to see a stage in The Tour the France. A couple of years ago they had a Stage ending in Ghent. A few km. from my home. But What do you see? In a few seconds a peloton passes and that's it. So I decided to combine two loves at once. My ...

... to see another French city... I don't think I've been here long enough to grasp the subtlties of the various cities, but hopefully, soon enough! I should go read about the impressionists... p.s. I've added more photos to the "of domestic matters" entry - sorry I've been so bad about uploading photos to these entries! you can definitely find more at http://picasaweb.google.com/Alice.H.Tin À bientôt!

... She makes me realize the simple things in life that matter, the smile, the hug, the real, what's real. Without her I am lost right now, but I don't have to worry because she is here to help me off the ground. For that I owe her my will, my love, because she is now the reason that I dream. I want to laugh, I want to smile, I want to be rediculous, but not without her, not without my dreams.