We've been sticking to our plan - 1 day travel/1 day rest - or there abouts. Yesterday was the former, and with cries of 'why didn't we try this sooner?' we headed for the auto route and a surprisingly uneventful journey southwards. Our destination was Annecy, just south of Geneva with a tantalizing description from the The Rough Guide as 'one of the most beautiful and popular resort towns of the French Alps ....... surrounded by picturesque mountains Annecy resembles a fairy-tale city ....' Somehow we were blind to the added comment 'though the tourist traffic can get a bit wearing in the high season'!! And so it is and far from our misplaced images of quite, restful seclusion! It's perhaps no surprise that people head here in droves - sitting on the tranquil shores of Lac D'Annecy. We will just have to share! Not really very difficult when in minutes one can escape from the crowds to a quiet lake side with stunning views across to the soaring montains beyond.
Learning a little late in the day that the busiest, and usually biggest campsites are in the Guides we now have a policy to find our own - and it seems to be paying off. Heading down the east side of the lake as the heavens opened again we came across a gem of a site - small, quirky, tucked away, well run with a friendly welcome (and a small library!) Not far from the lake we feel we have found our home for a few nights at least.
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Beautiful. I love green. I hope she holds out on you. Maybe I'll get me a Californian import too.
Hello Rupert
Got the blog address from Calvin.
My Aunt is called Tilly! Haha
Take care and happy travels, Love Vasi
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