Day 3...

My photos are acting weird- I'll upload when I can...

Today we woke up at 8 to try to catch a train to Moutiers for our Tobogganing excursion but couldn’t find a route that would work so we decided to tour Annecy instead. We walked to the park to see the Lake Annecy which was surrounded by white peaked mountains. The lake was filled with covered boats just waiting to be untied and enjoyed. The weather was perfect- sunny skies, 60 degrees and light winds. We watched bikes ride by, dogs being walked and locals enjoying lunch. We ended up people watching by the lake for almost 2 hours, capturing photos of  the daily lives of Annecy locals. I saw countless bichon-frises throughout the day, none of which compared to my little brothers at home….

We went to Monoprix (France’s Target, as we called it)….our first pseudo-American experience, and bought lunch: bread, chicken, cheese, chips and a coke for under 5 euros!

 We toured the Annecy Prison- a museum in the center of old town that once doubled as a prison and a coin-making factory. We saw the original beds, kitchen and cells that were used from 1325-1864.

We searched for crepes after shopping around at H&M and Zara…..finally stopped at a small creperie in Old Town- I had a chocolate crepe with a glass of Chotes de Rhone red wine for dinner.

 

 

 

I must apologize for my misspelling of Lyon yesterday, as you can tell, I’m not from around here.

 

I woke up at 6:30 to catch a train to Lyon, not realizing that the trains weren’t running until noon so we strolled down to Old Town in Annecy…stumbled upon the Sunday market- so wonderful. Cheese, meat, produce, clothes, you name it, they sold it. We took tourist-y pictures and wandered around until noon.

 

After taking a 2 hour bus ride to Lyon, my seatmate offered to help us find our way around the city, I swear he was a Godsend. Yani, a Swiss native, spoke perfect English and gave us a local tour of Lyon. We stopped by his flat to drop off his snowboard and luggage then headed to a local pub to watch the Rugby game- France vs. England. BIG RIVAL. Unfortunately, ‘we’ lost. BAD, but an enjoyable time nonetheless.

 

I just finished off a mayo-loaded ham baguette and a Heineken tallboy….haven’t had anything sweet yet, but hopefully will tomorrow! I’m off to bed...will say prayers for our dear friend, Yani. 

I AM ALIVE

This is the view from our hotel- its overlooking the trains in Annecy- not too pretty but still neat!!

This is the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

HELLO PEEPS!

I am alive, I have been traveling for what seems like 3 days. My time schedule is all kinda messed up but I just got my internet hooked up. 

we flew into Paris, wow. amazing. I didn't see the Eiffel Tower from the plane but beautiful nonetheless.

After Paris, took flight to Geneva, Switzerland- by far prettiest thing I've ever seen- snowy alps. soo pretty!! Then proceeded to take 2 different trains through Switzerland into the French Alps, arriving in Annecy, France around 6pm. We took a mini tour of Annecy, ate at an italian restaurant-where we proceeded to respond to every sentence in Spanish. Needless to say, we need to practice our french. 

sorry this so strungout-its been a lonnnnnnng day. No shower yet, but headed to bathe and sleep very soon. More photos to come- I am headed to Leon tomorrow to do museum tours and then watch/photograph a rugby game at a pub. Should be fun- I probably won't post again until at least 10pm tomorrow night.

love you all- wish me luck. this is complete culture shock!

pardon my french

I just set this blog up...not really sure how it works, but I figure it will be an efficient liaison to connect me to....you.

I'll try to update as much as I can for your viewing pleasure, as I understand many of the people reading this need as much internet entertainment as possible during their work-day.

Enjoy!!