We got into Annecy Thursday night around 6 pm.  We have spent the last 2 days exploring the city.  It is a bigger city than anything we have stayed in yet this trip.  The city has 50,000 people.  The “Old Town” is a mix of Old and new. Several canals crisscross Annecy, making it another of France’s “Petite Venices”.

There is a big beautiful lake right next to the old town lined with big beautiful mountains.

The water in the lake is incredibly clear.

The town is mostly full of restaurants, gift shops, boulangeries, and gelato shops.

That is the biggest Pano Chocolate I have ever seen ….

Bunny and I had dinner at a restaurant which Rick Steves recomended Saturday afternoon.  It was called Le Freti.  Its specialty is Fondue and Raclette.  We sat down and made the decision to get the fondue.  We had Raclette with Claudine, but we were not sure we would know how to eat it – or rather how to MAKE it because we had read that they bring this raclette-making gadget to your table.  We were glad we chose the fondue.  Here is what the Raclette machine looks like.

What it does is melt the cheese to then be put onto items on your plate like meat and veggies.  We got the fondue with a basket of bread and a bowl of boiled potatoes.  We knew what to do with the bread but weren’t quite sure what to do with the potatoes so we just treated them like bread.

After dinner in France you finish with a coffee.  I ordered a Cafe Grand.

A little different than a Cafe Grand ordered in the US (by about 15 ounces).

After dinner we were stuffed and took a walk around the lake.  Sunday in France is a holiday.  It’s also All Saints (Souls?) day, so we are not sure whats gonna be open in Annecy.  So we stocked up on food at the Monoprix and retired for the evening.