Weekend by lake Annecy

On Saturday afternoon we stole off for Annecy for some family time and shopping of course. It rarely happens let me tell you! It was lovely.

Seb sometimes gets a rental car from his job and occasionally he gets it for the weekend. We were lucky this time because they'd run out of cars and only had the Mercedes left. Oh-lala we went to Annecy in style.



We first did some strolling in town and a then grabbed a quick coffee by the quai. Then we went on to Les Galeries Lafayette for some retail therapy. We don't have good shopping in our town at all so it's necessary about twice a month to make the trip to either Geneva or Annecy to touch base with civilization. Seb had to buy a new suit for his job and while he did I shopped in the baby section and the beauty section. The sales are coming and I was doing some planning for Baby Sushi's layette (which will not be PINK if I have anything to say about things).

Afterwards our stomachs were growling so we made off for dinner by the lake. It's absolutely gut wrenching to drive by Bea's old house aggggh I hate doing it! Seb admitted it was weird too and odd to see it all shuttered up. The new owners are an English family who only use it for vacations. It was always so full of life! Bea is a friendly type whose door was always open. People came and went all day long when she lived there and it always smelled of fresh baked cakes when you walked in the door. All of her friends knew one another. Anyway *sniffle* we made our way to Talloires and had dinner at The Savoyarde where we pretty much always go.


The food is good but the view is always three stars.





We have a lot of memories of Talloires and this place, this lake. Like homing pigeons we return there when our relationship needs a pick-me-up. There we can bask in our memories of who we are and what our basic dreams are as a couple.

Lake Annecy--we were married here. We worked here. We left behind friends here.




We have become different people but we are essentially the same.