This is the Alps, the southern alps. In winter its a ski centre, in summer, lovely lakes. Its a tiny hamlet, but the hostel is good and comfy. Actually, for once its been wet and chilly here, so you lot can gloat, as I hear its cold but sunny at home. Don't know about the relations in OZ though, sounds wet there. We have been here for 2 days, 3 nights, and have had some good walks round the lake. Today, we caught a water taxi to the end of the lake and walked back, which took three hours, all through beech wood. Oh, southern beech, not English beech. Also, in the lake are large and aged eels, that you may not catch, and today I paddled with them - would that be like swimming with
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