Blogs from Chambéry, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe - page 2

ok as i promised i have taken some pictures for you to see what the resort looks like. as i went up the ski lift it was -15 degrees. ________________________________________________________________ como prometio, he hecho algunos fotos del resorte para que veas como es, al llegar al cima de la montana la temp. era -15 grados... read more

ok... wed/16/2009 picked up train from Tunes(algarve)at 7.25am to lisbon arrived to lisbon at 10:04am. from there caught taxi to airport only 15min away. flew with easyjet, flight was very full and took 2.30hr. flight was Lisbon to Lyon at 12.05 Arrived in Lyon at 3.30pm, but had just missed coach to Chambery., next one wasnt till 6pm. Arrived at Chambery at 7pm then had another 45min journey to my Boses house. here are some photos of the views: _______ __________________________________________________________________________ mi viaje comenzo a las 7.25am por tren desde Tunes(Algarve) hacia Lisboa, cogi el tren a las 7.25am y llego a Lisboa a las 10:04am, desde alli cogi el taxi hacia el aeropuerto 15min. Volo con Easyjet a las 12.05 vuelo 2.30hr. llego a Lyon a las 3.30pm pero habia perdido el autobus hacia Chambery ... read more

My goodness how the time flies when all you do is eat cheese and drink wine. I am approaching the end of month one in Chambéry, fat as a Christmas goose. I have joined a gym to counteract the effects, but the food here is just so damn GOOD. Suspiciously good, even. I'm going to be spoiled rotten--my lean cuisines may not cut it when I get back. My French is....improving? I'm asking you, because I really don't know. I suppose it can't be UNimproved, but there is a first for everything. The more I learn, the more I realize I have yet to learn. And the longer I am here, it becomes more apparent that I am a long ways away from fluency. Nonetheless, I have learned some pretty fabulous words. Here are my top ... read more

We rode from Tortona to Chamberry. abut 100 km to Torino, another 100Km to Frejus, through the tunnel (and the French border is announced within the tunnel by a sign) then 100Km down to Chamberry. Riding conditions were good but Ashley will say more on that. Scenery spectacular. We have found a nice hotel but it has no internet. I'm not sure where last night's connection came from - I think it must have been the hotel. Chamberry is pretty. It is also lively, at least by day. Today we ate too much. Breakfast in the hotel in Tortona, lunch in a service station in Italy (they do damned good lunches once you work out how to order them), excellent tarts and coffees here in Chamberry (we had a peach tart and a rhubarb and fig ... read more

I love France! Well... that might be an inaccurate statement. It's like saying that I like my hometown in Innisfail, when really I love our old home - a farm 5 minutes from Innisfail (in my memory - and heartwarmingly also in Raphael's - one of the best places that ever was and ever will be), do I love the main street filled with people who live in Innisfail? ugh - not so much. So to be more accurate. I love Raphael's farmhouse, situated about 10km from a small town Miribel-les-Eschelles! The beautiful view, the warm rooms, the lovely inhabitants who come home from work and school and smile when they see this odd relative stranger greeting them. My week in France was great! Well, 9 days really. Raphael and Claire both worked through the week, ... read more

I didn’t plan my trip to Annecy. It was the excitement of not knowing what to expect that thrilled me. I took a bus from Geneva and the journey lasted for one and the half hour. Annecy is a city in the Rhône-Alpes (Rôno-Arpes) region of east central France; it is on the shores of Lake Annecy and 22 miles south of Geneva. You know that you are about to cross the border when an uniformed officer boarded the bus and demanded every passenger to present their passport. When I arrived, it was noon with sun fiercely shining above my head. With only 5 hours to spend, I wasted no time. I grabbed a map from the travel agent by the bus station, quickly identified the few places i wanted to visit and started to find ... read more