Where is Annecy?

 

B. asked me where is Annecy this morning?

Annecy is an alpine town in southeastern France 2 hours and 40 minutes from Paris, where Lake Annecy feeds into the Thiou River. It’s known for its Vieille Ville (old town), with cobbled streets, winding canals and pastel-colored houses. Overlooking the city, the medieval Château d’Annecy, once home to the Counts of Geneva, contains a museum with regional artifacts such as Alpine furniture and religious art, plus a natural history exhibit.

I read that you only need 1-2 days at most in Annecy. 

I don’t agree. 

It’s a very beautiful, colorful town with multi-canals sitting on a stunning lake full of swans and ducks. 

Called “the Venice of…the North” with good reason…many canals and bridges. 

No gondolas its true. But no flooding of Saint Mark’s Place or annoying cruise 🚢 ship one-day-trippers. 

True Venice’s great artworks will not be found here. But nature has done a pretty good job providing feasts for the eyes. The air is divinely clean. So clean it makes you heady.

The food is very cheesy. 

I had tartiflette the 1st night and nothing like it since. Such a tummy ache and I could not eat much. Powerful stuff. Reclette and fondue will have to wait for the Agriculture Salon next March..unless I feel brave. 

All the restaurants are touristy. So what. They all serve more or less the same hearty, delicious, not very expensive food, so don’t waste time reading menus outside. Instead get there early. Get served the local specialties (already mentioned). And get out.

I’ve been in Annecy since Friday afternoon. We were supposed to arrive at 11:24. But 24 minutes away our lovely, speedy TGV broke down in Aix-les-Bains.

We arrived at 2:15. 

Lunch in Annecy is served between 12 and 2:00. Show up at 2:15 and they will not give you the time of day, much less lunch. Things are very orderly in this beautiful, very clean Alpine town. I had to settle for a very good pizza (we’re close to Italy. The cook was Italian. The oven wood burning). Plus a requested green salad (basically an entire bag of arrugala with 2 tiny cups of vinaigrette. Salt and pepper not included). Still one mustn’t grumble. Getting anything green when traveling is always a miracle.

These are a bunch of my personal random thoughts. If you love knives you will be very happy in Annecy. Bring a hat (I did). Gloves and warm scarf (I did not). Monoprix is down the street fortunately. 

I can say without question I love ❤️ Annecy 😊 And Bear 🐻 ❤️Loves it too. Bonne Sunday PBers. I will be back Monday afternoon. I messed up my return but not I’m sorry 😊 Now I will run out to the Sunday marché!! 🤸🏾‍♀️🦢💋🍎