A few hours in Annecy
The 1st of October was another sunny day in a string of pleasant weekends, so I decided to make a day trip to Annecy. To reach this French town from northwestern Geneva, one has to traverse the entire city to Annemasse, which lies just across the French border. I am sure there are other connections as well, but it seemed more pleasant to stay on one single mode of public transport since I could keep myself entertained.
Annecy is a lovely
town with a well-preserved medieval centre. Walking from the train station, I passed
by the Church of Our Lady of Liesse and the Cathedral of Saint Peter before I
reached the river. I thought the latter had an especially impressive nave. Since
it was a sunny Sunday, the streets along the river were packed – not just with
tourists but with street vendors and expansive restaurants. I spent a few hours
just walking around: after getting an impression of the twelfth-century Palais
de L’île (which, as the name indicates, is located on an island in the middle
of the river), I climbed up to the Chateau and down again to the Gardens of
Europe where I ate my packed lunch.
Eating a pecan ice
cream (for although I bought a packed lunch, I could not resist the draw of an
exotically stocked display), I walked along the promenade to Charles Bosson
Park. I quickly gathered that the promenade is the place to be on a sunny day. Crowds
of people were walking along and absorbing the views of the mountains in the
east, while the braver among them waded into the lake or even swam in its
turquoise waters.
When I returned to
Geneva, I had some time to kill between my connections, so I went up to Nations
and took pictures of the UN building and the nearby Ariana Museum.
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