Wednesday was a fairly tiring day, beginning with french lessons at 8.30. Finally the school internet had been fixed, so we stayed back a bit like nerds. At 2pm Mel and I took the train to Annecy. What a lovely city! Although Chambery lacks nothing, Annecy is its more touristy neighbour. There is a lovely lake surrounded by beautiful gardens and mountains, as well as a castle (obviously) dating to the XII Century. We spent a fair bit of time visiting this one, as it was well used for a coupole of expositions. One was an inside look into the world of comic making and animated pictures, another of Beaux Arts, and the most bizzare, a small aquarium with old methods of fishing shown!
We walked through the old city with lovely arches and narrow buildings everywhere, obviously a top tourist walk as we could tell by the number of ice cream places. In the end we couldn't resist and got one which wasn't too bad. This was after we walked past a Creperie. Now Mel and I have been looking for crepes everywhere in Chambery, I even asked my host but it seems there just isn't such a cafe! So we told ourselves, that since weèd be dancing salsa later, we could afford to have the crepe too, just in a while.
So We visited a pretty church and saw the 'French Venice', indeed a few houses in the middle of a river, very picturestic. After walking on the park in front of the lake a bit, we decided to stop for those mouth watering crepes on our way to the train station. Mouthwatering they were!! They were made fresh in the housband-and-wife business and the simple butter and sugar one I chose was amazing. Damn the Chamberians! Then perhaps it's best that I dont have them at my doorstep.. I could risk not only fattening up (my grandma could be happy :p) but not appreciating them as much.
After a light dinner, I met Mel again at the Corsaire, an upstairs bar with white and blue lights everywhere, very modern. Salsa music was blowing all around and it was good fun!
Must go, today there is a Rendez-vous des Etudiants, going to check it out.
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