As much as we loved Paris, today was sadly the day we had to leave. After repacking our bags and saying goodbye to Montemarte, we took the metro back into Central Paris and rented a car. We plugged "Annecy" into our GPS (nicknamed Geraldine Petunia Sheryl) and voila! We were on our way. The drive was roughly six hours, and whenever we drove on the same road for more than 10 kilometers Gerry would tell us "stay straight on this road for...*pause*... a long time." We got a pretty good kick out of that. We got a fairly wide variety of views, ranging from cities to farms and everything in between, but even with the views I think that we were all glad when we finally pulled up to our new temporary residence.
We unloaded the car and checked into our hotel room before deciding to explore the town. Annecy is divided into two different sections: old and new. The newer area (where our hotel is) features lots more modern style buildings which host banks, supermarkets, malls, etc. while the old area has more independent small clothing stores and restaurants serving foods of various nationalities. We made a (mostly straight) beeline for the old section. Once there, we explored some of the shops, but since it was already fairly late and French stores have tendencies to close early, it was mostly window shopping. Over diner we talked about our plans for our stay in Annecy such before heading home to get some sleep for our next adventure. Next up: biking!
*Sorry, no pictures!
