{"id":1267,"date":"2015-11-01T05:43:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T05:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2015-11-01T06:58:17","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T06:58:17","slug":"welcome-to-annecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/2015\/11\/01\/welcome-to-annecy\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Annecy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We got into Annecy Thursday night around 6 pm.\u00a0 We have spent the last 2 days exploring the city.\u00a0 It is a bigger city than anything we have stayed in yet this trip.\u00a0 The city has 50,000 people.\u00a0 The &#8220;Old Town&#8221; is a mix of Old and new. Several canals crisscross Annecy, making it another of France&#8217;s &#8220;Petite Venices&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151330.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151330-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1030151330\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151330-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151330-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151330-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151330.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151246b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151246b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1030151246b\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151246b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151246b-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151246b-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151246b.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446356815547.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1446356815547\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446356815547.jpeg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There is a big beautiful lake right next to the old town lined with big beautiful mountains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151440-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1030151440\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151440-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151440-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151440-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151440.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151435.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151435-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1030151435\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151435-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151435-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151435-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151435.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The water in the lake is incredibly clear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151354.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151354-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1031151354\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151354-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151354-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151354.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The town is mostly full of restaurants, gift shops, boulangeries, and gelato shops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151344.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1274\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151344-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1031151344\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151344-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151344-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151344-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151344.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151258a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1273\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151258a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1030151258a\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151258a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151258a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151258a-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1030151258a.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That is the biggest Pano Chocolate I have ever seen &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Bunny and I had dinner at a restaurant which Rick Steves recomended Saturday afternoon.\u00a0 It was called Le Freti.\u00a0 Its specialty is Fondue and Raclette.\u00a0 We sat down and made the decision to get the fondue.\u00a0 We had Raclette with Claudine, but we were not sure we would know how to eat it &#8211; or rather how to MAKE it because we had read that they bring this raclette-making gadget to your table.\u00a0 We were glad we chose the fondue.\u00a0 Here is what the Raclette machine looks like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151248a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151248a-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1031151248a\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151248a-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151248a-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151248a-624x832.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151248a.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What it does is melt the cheese to then be put onto items on your plate like meat and veggies.\u00a0 We got the fondue with a basket of bread and a bowl of boiled potatoes.\u00a0 We knew what to do with the bread but weren&#8217;t quite sure what to do with the potatoes so we just treated them like bread.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446356435602.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"wp-1446356435602\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/wpid-wp-1446356435602.jpeg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After dinner in France you finish with a coffee.\u00a0 I ordered a Cafe Grand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151307-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1031151307\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151307-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151307-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151307-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.griffy-sherlock.com\/homepage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1031151307.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A little different than a Cafe Grand ordered in the US (by about 15 ounces).<\/p>\n<p>After dinner we were stuffed and took a walk around the lake.\u00a0 Sunday in France is a holiday.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also All Saints (Souls?) day, so we are not sure whats gonna be open in Annecy.\u00a0 So we stocked up on food at the Monoprix and retired for the evening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got into Annecy Thursday night around 6 pm.\u00a0 We have spent the last 2 days exploring the city.\u00a0 It is a bigger city than anything we have stayed in yet this trip.\u00a0 The city has 50,000 people.\u00a0 The &#8220;Old Town&#8221; is a mix of Old and new. 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