"Annecy & Geneva" Karana's photos around Divonne Les Bains, France (thermal spa one day)

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Preview of Karana's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Divonne Les Bains, France Entry Title: "Annecy & Geneva" Entry: "Well we had never heard of Annecy before, but it is truly a very pretty town, called "the Venice of Savoie" as its downtown area is situated on c****s, with geraniums and petunias flowing from the many flower boxes and hanging baskets on the old stone buildings, and bridges across the c****s, and the whole town is beside the beautiful Lake Annecy which is a picture of brightly coloured pedal boats and canoes in Spring and summer, with the snow capped Alps as a backdrop. Oh there is also a beautiful old chateau which started life in the 11th century and was added to in the 16th. I imagine at the height of summer Annecy would be quite crowded, as it is only half an hour to the mountains in one direction and about the same to Geneva (Switzerland) in the other direction. So as we had just come from the mountains we headed off to Geneva. Unfortunately it was a rather rainy dull day, but it cleared up enough for us to have a walk around the city, and for Howard to ogle all the watch and knife shops which seemed to be everywhere. Interestingly, Switzerland has not changed to the Euro, and the Swiss Franc is worth almost exactly the same as the Aussie dollar. Also surprisingly, petrol is cheaper in Switzerland than in France, and there <b>...</b>

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