Part 5: Cozy in our hotel in Veyrier du Lac and loving the biking…
Our demi-pension option at the hotel, which includes two meals per day, is very reasonably priced—120 euros for two, including the room, and the food has been excellent. We’re getting very spoiled—walking downstairs to enjoy a four-course dinner on the terrace, as we watch the sun set over the lake. After a few days, we feel like part of the family ourselves and have gotten to know the staff and some of the other guests. I get a chance to practice my French, which is always a treat, though they do speak some English.
On the night of Bastille Day, July 14th, we enjoyed the “feux d’artifice” or fire works show above the lake from Annecy, right from our little balcony.
To get to Annecy, we can take a bus, ride our bikes or take a “water taxi”, which is the most fun option. Last Friday, July 15, I took the water taxi over to Annecy for the day. Landon was going on a four-hour grueling bike ride up a mountain. After my bike tour of the lake, I was going to the open market and the spa. Read More→
Once in Paris, we followed signs to the metro underground to connect to Gare St Lazare to catch the train to Normandy. My father spent four months during World War II in Normandy, and fifty years after the war, I found a French orphan Gilbert, who Dad tried to adopt and bring home to America in 1944.
The highlight of our visit to the bustling and exciting city of London was our dinner at the one Michelin star Indian restaurant, Quilon, a sister restaurant of the famous Bombay Brasserie. The Quilon’s chef Sriram Aylur, specializes in South Indian coastal cuisine and received the Michelin star in 2008. Aylur creates distinctive dishes using no butter and cream, with seafood at the center of his menus.
The restaurant is part of the luxury hotel complex,