La Vie, Elle est Bonne

Mostly the photos will tell the story today … we had an absolutely fabulous time traveling to and from and exploring the old part of Annecy, a splendid city situated on a splendid lake hemmed in by the Alps. Even the drive (about an hour and a half each way, had we done it all on the expressway, which we didn’t, partly by choice, partly through a slight failure on my part to catch all of the road signs) was excellent – through valleys surrounded by the massifs of the Alps, through fields of corn and cows, through small, small villages. The older part of Annecy looked like a movie set of an old French town, and was obviously a tourist destination, yet somehow seemed authentic and genuine. After a long walk around town, we drove to a public beach, where we all swam and people-watched until drove back home. The day was perfect; the storms yesterday drove away the heat and left the air clear and pleasantly warm. Enjoy the pictures (but forgive their slightly lower quality, I used another program and it didn’t turn out as well, but I’m tired and didn’t want to redo all of them)….