Two weeks of beauty at the Lac d'Annecy
Sep 18th, 2011, 03:49 AM
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MaineGG - I'm glad the drive turned out well for you and that you got a bit of sunshine. Next time you can try it with a bike. 
TPAYT - Thank you for the compliments. You won't be disappointed if you pay the region a visit.
TPAYT - Thank you for the compliments. You won't be disappointed if you pay the region a visit.
Nov 21st, 2011, 04:37 AM
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FMT: I just discovered this great report. It is marvelous, as usual! I stopped everything to read and enjoy your wonderful photos last evening. Thsnks so much for your continuing education courses for all of us.
Some of your photos look so familiar, and many years ago we spent some time in the mountains east of Geneva, near Mont Blanc at Megevette, where ours friends had bought a cow barn. Pretty rustic, but oh, so beautiful!! Thanks foe the memory.
Some of your photos look so familiar, and many years ago we spent some time in the mountains east of Geneva, near Mont Blanc at Megevette, where ours friends had bought a cow barn. Pretty rustic, but oh, so beautiful!! Thanks foe the memory.
Nov 21st, 2011, 02:06 PM
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taconic - Well thank you but I'm no more educating you about the Lac d'Annecy than you are educating me and others about the Dordogne. You and a few others have some great reports on the boards right now and I've been enjoying and learning from all of them. I'm still waiting for you to get to the part about Barbizon, which is where I'm heading tomorrow.
Nov 21st, 2011, 04:52 PM
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Well, FMT, we're almost there! After we left our dear friends, DH and I headed to Rocamadour and Domaine de la Rhue for two nights, then drove up to Bourges (does anyone ever go there?) to see the cathedral (a hobby of DH, who just loves cathedrals), then: Barbizon!!
Yes, you are correct , there are a lot of very good travel report threads happening on this forum right now, but I have to tell you, you are raising the bar, you and Kerouac!
Yes, you are correct , there are a lot of very good travel report threads happening on this forum right now, but I have to tell you, you are raising the bar, you and Kerouac!
Nov 22nd, 2011, 02:49 AM
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cigalechanta - Thank you for the nice words. I'm always trying to show folks a bit of the other side of France. I don't know that anyone will ever go see any of these places but at least they've got some pictures to look at now.
Nottingham - I describe the route I took up there in my trip report, as well as posting lots of photos from up there. But let me describe the route for you. There are a few ways you can get up there depending on where you start from. I did a loop route starting in Annecy. I started on a small country road, the D41, that begins behind the château in Annecy and goes to the summit. Once you're up there there's an easy walking trail that you can do in 1-1/2 to 2 hours. To come down take the D11O to the bottom where you'll be in the village of Leschaux. From there to get back to the lakeside road you can either take the D912 (a scenic road) or you can take the smaller D10 which will bring you through small villages.
taconic - Ooh, I'll be interested in hearing about Bourges. Not too many people go there so you know that interests me. If DH is a cathedral lover then he should really visit the cathedral in Laon, a hilltop medieval town north of Paris. There's some pictures in this report:
http://tinyurl.com/3co8u28
Oh, I don't know that I'm raising any bars in the field of travel writing. Maybe I'm crawling beneath a few but I don't think Condé Nast Traveler has anything to worry about.
Nottingham - I describe the route I took up there in my trip report, as well as posting lots of photos from up there. But let me describe the route for you. There are a few ways you can get up there depending on where you start from. I did a loop route starting in Annecy. I started on a small country road, the D41, that begins behind the château in Annecy and goes to the summit. Once you're up there there's an easy walking trail that you can do in 1-1/2 to 2 hours. To come down take the D11O to the bottom where you'll be in the village of Leschaux. From there to get back to the lakeside road you can either take the D912 (a scenic road) or you can take the smaller D10 which will bring you through small villages.
taconic - Ooh, I'll be interested in hearing about Bourges. Not too many people go there so you know that interests me. If DH is a cathedral lover then he should really visit the cathedral in Laon, a hilltop medieval town north of Paris. There's some pictures in this report:
http://tinyurl.com/3co8u28
Oh, I don't know that I'm raising any bars in the field of travel writing. Maybe I'm crawling beneath a few but I don't think Condé Nast Traveler has anything to worry about.
Nov 23rd, 2011, 01:36 PM
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Nottingham - I've been away for awhile and just now getting back to the forum. It was an amazing drive and we followed the route FMT provided on this thread, along with lots of other helpful information:
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ins-annecy.cfm
FMT - Somehow I have previously missed your photos of Laon. Now my "next time" list will include this town, along with Amiens and Beauvais. Love the towers. Also the art deco church in the small town. Wonderful. Can't wait to see your Bourges piece.
http://www.fodors.com/community/euro...ins-annecy.cfm
FMT - Somehow I have previously missed your photos of Laon. Now my "next time" list will include this town, along with Amiens and Beauvais. Love the towers. Also the art deco church in the small town. Wonderful. Can't wait to see your Bourges piece.
Nov 23rd, 2011, 01:57 PM
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MaineGG - Taconictraveler is the one who has visited Bourges so keep an eye on their report about the Dordogne. They're going to cover the artists town of Barbizon just outside Fontainebleau as well.
If you are going to Laon on your next visit to France and you happen to be taking the train there then there are one or two other towns on that same train line that I would recommend stopping at as well. A little gem of a town that I just discovered is Crépy-en-Valois. I would visit Laon first and on your way back to Paris stop in Crépy. The primary museum in Crépy (devoted to the history of archery in that region) is only open in the afternoon. It is housed in a 12th/13th century castle. Be the first tourist (besides me) to have ever visited this town. You can get a look at Crépy (and of course, a bunch of other places) in this report:
http://tinyurl.com/6snrf3q
If you are going to Laon on your next visit to France and you happen to be taking the train there then there are one or two other towns on that same train line that I would recommend stopping at as well. A little gem of a town that I just discovered is Crépy-en-Valois. I would visit Laon first and on your way back to Paris stop in Crépy. The primary museum in Crépy (devoted to the history of archery in that region) is only open in the afternoon. It is housed in a 12th/13th century castle. Be the first tourist (besides me) to have ever visited this town. You can get a look at Crépy (and of course, a bunch of other places) in this report:
http://tinyurl.com/6snrf3q
