lac d'annecy

Our time in France is quickly coming to an end. In three weeks, we will say "au revoir" to the country we've made home for the past two and a half years. But that whole sentiment will be saved for another day! Our last trip out of town was spent a couple weekends ago at Lac d'Annecy. We saw lake Aix les Bains on the train to ski and thought it would be a great place to spend a weekend in the summer, knowing we are both lake lovers. Instead of Aix les Bains, we chose another close by and were not disappointed!

Starting in July, rentals had to be made by the week. We snuck in right before that requirement to an apartment with this view from the front balcony. It was in the small village of Duingt, without a grocery but we didn't care. We had two bikes at our disposal and a bike trail that went around the entire lake. Each morning, Mark rode the bike to the next town to grab some groceries for the day and I walked the dog to the bakery to grab some breakfast. It's hard to believe we get to call this real life!

We paddle boarded each day and then just hung out in a small space in front of the lake with a dock. It was perfect weather to be swimming in some crystal clear crisp waters! It's difficult to see, but in the above photo there is a pack of wind gliders. It was impossible to count the number of them but it was fun to watch as they dotted the sky from dawn until dusk!

One evening we took the bikes south to a village to eat dinner. Because of the view from our apartment rental, most nights we cooked ourselves and ate on the deck.

And each night, this spoiled pup got a long stroll on the path behind our apartment including an abundance of sticks and sniffs.

I can't believe we didn't find this place before. Neither of us wanted to leave! It was just too perfect of an escape from the city.

It definitely got busier on the weekend, but since we weren't leaving until Monday, Mark got to take advantage of a wakeboard session without too much other activity on the lake. I think we would both agree that this little local lake was the perfect "you're welcome" to us from France!