04-19 Annecy

04-19 Tuesday
Annecy
Whether: Cloudy but clearing, avg temp 13c

We arrived in Annecy around 10:30. Annecy is a pretty lakeside town with a medieval old town criss-crossed with canals. We arrived in time for the fresh food markets and were tempted to try some locally produced cheese and bread which was lovely. The town was surrounded by snow topped mountains and the canals were almost rapids with the amount of water running through them. The water was crystal clear.The Chateau D'Annecy is a 13th to 16th century castle above the town which we walked up to. It is now a museum but like most things around France was closed between 1200 and 1400 (siesta). Again we passed through snow covered towns as the train crawled through the French Alps.