Today has been a really really good day. I was up bright and early, ready to take my first trip into Annecy town centre, as Les Pensieres is more on the outskirts, and there's not really THAT much to do around other than enjoy the beautiful scenery. I had asked Dorothee, my boss, yesterday if there were any buses that ran into the centre, as Paul, the guy who picked me up from Geneva on my first day, had told me that it was about an hour's walk away. It turned it out there were buses, and she gave me the timetable. So today I find the bus stop, check the times (though none of it made much sense, worse than the English ones) and wait ... and wait .... and wait ... for what seemed like ages (probably actually more like 20 mins.) Not even one bus had passed, so after a while I just thought sod it, I'll walk! It's been a beautiful day today, and it's an absolutely beautiful walk; Annecy and its suburbs are pretty much built around the perimeter of the humongous Lake Annecy, so I figured if I just keep to the lake I'll end up somewhere!
After about 25 mins, I was in the town - maybe Paul is just a slow walker (to be fair, he is pretty old) but it wasn't as far away as I thought it was. I stopped for breakfast at a cafe, then continued towards the centre. I love the calmness of the lakeside; people jogging and lounging in the sun, children feeding the ducks, then the bustling town centre, with a Saturday market that I had a good nose around, and more shops. One of the reasons I had gone into Annecy was to find a supermarket to buy a few snacks to keep in my room, and, after much wandering and asking people for directions, I found one called "Casino" that turned out to be really expensive, but as I didn't really have much choice, picked up a few things from there - a bag of grapes was 4 euros 30! Worse than Waitrose! :P I managed to spend just under 20 euros on basically some crisps and brioche - definitely must find somewhere cheaper.
After having a pizza for lunch I headed back to Les Pensieres, where I had to work for an hour to make sure some clients staying at the hotel checked out okay. I arrived back, changed into some smarter clothes, and waited for the guests to come down and check out, and make sure they got their taxi okay. It felt really good to handle it by myself, and everything went without a hitch. I locked up the reception, checked everything was off, and retired to my room in the hotel, where I'm staying for 2 nights, until they get the lock thing sorted on the other room. I've showered, and here I am now! Ready for a well deserved rest with a overpriced brioche :)
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mmmm overpriced brioche. sounds like your settling in better, you need to find a carrefour, mind nothing that side of europe is cheap!!!!
ReplyDeletelots of love faye xxx