So yesterday we had a day trip to Annecy, right near the Italian/Swiss border- not too far from Mont Blanc! Its a beauutiful Alp village called the "Venice of France" bc it has canals running through it (buttttt in reality not nearly as cool as Venice!). It's famous for a lot of things including where Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived for a while (and met his mentor Madame de Warens) and its Sunday market, where all the little cobblestone streets are filled with farmers selliing fruits/veg, salamis, sausage and FROMAGE! ( The farmers are such alpine mountain-men with big bushy beards hehe!). I picked up a lot of Italian walking through the streets because we were so close to the border. Annecy is right on Lake Annecy, which is 14 km in length and the most gorgeous color blue! It lies at the base of all these mountains and is absolutely pristine. In the summer, Solomon himself (as in Solomon ski gear) has a house there as well as the most populated five-star hotels/restaurants in France! Wow! I can picture it well during the summertime, with the big park going right up to the bord du lac and families walking around, swimming, wind-surfing, sailing, paddle-boating.
For lunch, we had a famous Savoie meal called raclette : it's similar to fondue (also originated in Savoie region) but wayyy cooler- you take a wheel big of cheese (best cheese I honestly will EVER have), slice it in half and stick it a heat source and let it melttttt right on to a plate of potatoes, salami, prosciutto, cornichons et oignons. Delicieux.
The last picture is with the director of the program, Marie-Eve Scheibling, who is absolutely wonderful. We would be perdue without her!
All for now, all my love!
Bisoux,
Julia
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