Lake Annecy

We knew we were back in France when it took 30 minutes to place an order at lunch.  Not to worry. We were entertained by watching some French grandparents discipline (unrelated) loud bratty kids at another table.  Anyhow we found another great place to hang out on Lake Annecy.  We are at a rustic resort but luckily in a fairly new building with nice 2 bdrm suite/apt, volleyball court, playground, pool, and all kinds of room for kids to romp.  Looking forward to exploring the town more.

I could live here!  Another charming old city on the lake surrounded by mountains, and smaller homey villages just outside of town. Thundershowers the first night and following morning but I was able to walk to the bakery and the kids swam in the indoor pool. Later we strolled through the city.  We happened on an ice cream store with 55 flavors and just had to stop. 

Awoke to snow on the mountains the next day.  It did feel a bit chillier (later in the evening noticed temp was 55) and rain persisted. We started to walk by the lake and were caught in a rainstorm.  Luckily we found a place to go bowling (the last thing I thought I would be doing in France).  We enjoyed savory and sweet crepes for dinner and ate ice cream in the rain.  They have shops with many flavors of ice cream so we just had to try another flavor.  Looked forward to getting back to Paris and warming up.  Time to get out the fall clothes I guess.  Hopefully we will make it back to Lake Annecy another time to bike ride and swim in the lake.