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Post by mich64 on Sept 11, 2011 16:01:17 GMT
My husband and I just went through this quickly as it is a glorious day outside, one of the few left of our summer. I cannot wait to have the time tomorrow to go through it slowly and write down points that interested us. Mount Blanc will be as incredible as I have been imagining it all summer long, quite similiar to the Schilthorn in Switzerland. I am so happy you put this report together and like you I do not need all the historical points explained, I enjoyed your tourist viewpoint.
Hoping to meet with you and your DW in Paris soon!
Cheers,
Mich
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Post by bjd on Sept 11, 2011 16:16:05 GMT
This is great, FMT. It is all very pretty and postycardy.
And all I can say is "thank God for tourists!", otherwise all those towns and villages would have been completely empty. ;D
Actually, we were in and around Annecy 4 years before you, at the same time of year (for a wedding nearby). I was surprised at the colour of the lake water and its transparency. I think we had fewer tourists though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2011 16:19:19 GMT
Outstanding, bike guy! I kept going over the photos again and again. What a great trip that must have been. And as usual, you made it all come to life in the most entertaining with your view points.  |
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Post by fumobici on Sept 11, 2011 17:19:27 GMT
Lovely, lovely, lovely report. Don't listen to any who may say you include too many photos. C'est impossible. They are merely jealous of your talents. This is an area worthy of going overboard about. I think you'll find your new bike a lot easier to eat up the kilometers on under most conditions than your VTT. One of the more impressive photo essays we've seen here, thank you.
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Sept 11, 2011 19:03:03 GMT
Thanks everybody. It's been a long day and I still have work to do so I hope no one will be offended if I don't respond to you all individually. Your comments are all appreciated.
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Post by nycgirl on Sept 12, 2011 0:35:55 GMT
Wow, these photos are stunning! The scenery is amazing and it looks like you had perfect weather the whole time. The lake waters look very inviting. So jealous. Thank you for taking the effort to share your trip with us.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 12, 2011 12:06:16 GMT
FMT, you are BONKERS! I know another few rides in the area that you would love.
And your stomach is really solid: a tartiflette on a hot summer day and you managed to not spend the rest of the afternoon slumped somewhere having weird cheese-induced dreams...
And my complaint is that you managed to make me "almost home" sick. I miss the area now that I've seen all these gorgeous pictures. ah, well...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2011 13:37:37 GMT
Me too. I used to spend a few days in the Alps every summer, in France or Switzerland, even in Italy, and I really miss not going for the last two years.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 12, 2011 17:19:42 GMT
There is that similar look in all the regions you mention, K2, isn't it? The same wild plants, the same type of green to the grass, the same light in the pics...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2011 17:27:13 GMT
... and the same lush mountains with rocky and craggy peaks. And the waterfalls and torrents! Oh, I love those!
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 12, 2011 19:30:45 GMT
You can hear the waterfall from a while before you can see it by the narrow footpath. In glorious summer days, it is a refreshing sound. But bloody hell the water's cold!
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Sept 12, 2011 22:02:35 GMT
nycgirl - We did have great weather and the lake was every bit as refreshing as it looked. Have you been outside of Paris before? annie - I've been called worse so I can live with being called bonkers.  I'm guessing by your comments that you used to live in the area or at least spent a lot of time there. True? kerouac - You can thank Mrs. FMT for the pics of the Alps. I, of course, wanted to vacation in Brittany (again) but she convinced me to go to the Alps. Good thing too since it was rainy in Brittany while we were enjoying great weather around Annecy. |
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Post by nycgirl on Sept 13, 2011 1:09:48 GMT
On my last trip to Paris I spent two days in Burgundy, but that's it. Your photos of Brittany really piqued my interest, but now I'm thinking Annecy is the place to be. So much beauty, so little time!
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 13, 2011 7:58:28 GMT
FMT, I grew up a little East of Annecy, in the Swiss Alps, and then I moved to the Leman region, where I used to live between Geneva and Lausanne and work in Geneva for ten years before moving here to the UK.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 21:28:02 GMT
I had to come back and consult this fabulous report before starting my embarrassingly trite report about Annecy. I'm really glad that Frenchmystiquetour was able to spend enough time to do justice to the region, but I only had 2 days, so our duplicate photos in different seasons can be found here in "reply #6."
Summer is such a wonderful time in this region.
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Post by Carolyn expatAmericaninHolland on Jan 2, 2019 13:03:12 GMT
Thanks for your photos and text. It has helped me enormously in planning our trip to Lake Annecy. We too are into scenic areas and don't have much interests in tourist hot spots. Your trip looked fabulous.
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Post by lagatta on Jan 2, 2019 13:19:14 GMT
Carolyn, you aren't a member yet? It is free and there are zero obligations. Where do you live in the Netherlands?
By the way, I have also been through Annecy, but I was benefiting from a lift from Perugia to Paris, so obviously couldn't ask to stop there. It is very beautiful.
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I'm guessing by your comments that you used to live in the area or at least spent a lot of time there. True?
