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Border Crossings

Posted in Borders, Cycling, France, New Year, Skiing, Switzerland on January 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The plan today was to spend the first day of the new year skiing in the Jura mountains.  Just across Lake Geneva from the Alps, the Jura mountains, which straddle the Swiss-French border, ‘only’ go up to 1720m (Le Crêt de la Neige), but during the winter get plenty of snow and so have a [...]

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Leaving Annecy & Mont Veyrier: Le Col des Contrebandiers – Smugglers’ Pass

Posted in Annecy, Blogs, Cycling, France, Lac d'Annecy, Moving, Things to do on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, that’s it. I left Annecy for the last time on Wednesday. It’s not so much a farewell to France (not yet at least) since I’ll be spending the next month in France on holiday, but it is a farewell to my friends there of course, as well as a farewell to a kind of [...]

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Sunday Evening Cycle

Posted in Annecy, Cycling, France, Lac d'Annecy, Weekend on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

After a relatively busy weekend (people to see, bars to visit…), I wasn’t really expecting to have much of substance to post at the end of the weekend – except for the following video which is pretty funny.

However, that all changed when I decided to go for a cycle round/through town [...]

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Seythenex

Posted in Annecy, Cycling, France, Things to do, Weekend on July 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Today I went on a trip to Seythenex – on my bike like my trip last weekend, although this time I took some lunch with me (partly because this trip was longer than my previous one, and partly out of my own common sense/suggestion from Sara).

Seythenex is a village just next to Faverges in Haute-Savoie, [...]

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Addendum to my previous post…

Posted in Annecy, Cycling, France, Things to do on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It was brought to my attention that the third picture in my post below gives the impression that there is a bridge crossing the gorges. It’s actually a walkway that sort of hugs/clings to the side of the gorge on just one side, but I didn’t explain that clearly. Either way, I realised [...]

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Les Gorges du Fier

Posted in Annecy, Cycling, France, Things to do on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday I decided to visit les Gorges du Fier and, if possible, the Chateau de Montrottier (which is just next to the gorges). They’re about 10km from Annecy, so it’s not too far to go by bike. It’s slightly uphill at the beginning, but still reasonable, then it’s flat-ish until the last 1km [...]

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The Changing of Seasons

Posted in Cycling, France, Life, Settling down, Skiing, Work on May 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The other day, during one of my (frequent) bored moments at work, I was looking at a calendar and I realised that I’m already more than halfway through my stay in Annecy. It’s amazing how quickly the first few weeks and months can pass. Before you know it, you’re already counting down the [...]

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