We had breakfast and then I called Didier and as he lives 5 minutes away from where we were, he came down and we went for coffee together. The walk to the small centre of the village and close to the lake was very pleasant.
We sat in an outside cafe had a cappuccino, enjoyed the perfect weather and view and spoke about life and how important it is to take time to live while we can. Live life, my friends.
While we were in Taillores, found out that the owner and his wife of the Logis where we were staying are fellow motorbikers. He rides a BMW R1200GS and she rides a Ducati Monster. He say that when they travel he carries the luggage and she goes ahead in a much faster speed. When I told him we were planning to go to Geneve and stay in a smaller town on Lake Geneve he suggested we stayed in Yvoire, France. We still tried to book an hotel with his help but all the hotels he knew were already booked. We decided to ride there anyway and make a decision on hotel once we saw them.
But first we went to the town of Annecy, France. We had been told that the old part of the town is very beautiful and it is known as the Venice of The Alps.
The way from Taillores to Annecy is very beautiful as we rode along the lake. As mentioned before this is a well worth place to visit and stay a while.
We had lunch in Annecy and walked the old town. Very beautiful and one of the places that it was still full of tourists, a lot of them Japanese.
Although we were enjoying it a lot, we had to move on as other shores waited on us. We took the highway, paid the peage and in less than 30 minutes we entered Switzerland which was a new country for us so looking forward to get flag.
We wanted to see Geneve, Switzerland which we did at peak rush hour without a proper working GPS (as somehow the maps of Geneve were not there). We really liked Geneve. It has a great combination of the old with the new. The promenade walk and drive by the lake is very beautiful. The Swiss organization and precision and in general a very business like feeling about the whole place.
We left Geneve and made our way to Ivoire in the French side which is a village with medieval buildings and beautiful flowers. It is considered to be "one of the most beautiful villages in France". We concur and you decide if you agree or not after checking the pictures of today (in the evening) and tomorrow (in the morning).
We were able to find a Logis (2-star) which turned out to be the lowest quality hotel we would have on this trip. It was perfectly located though as one side was inside the old town which we could see from our room window. We left stuff in the room and made our way into the town to still catch some pictures as the sun went down.
As we were taking pictures we witnessed a lot of boat traffic as two large boats arrived within minutes of each other. One of them was coming from Lausanne and the other from Geneve and they crossed paths and exchanged passengers as we watched and took pictures.
For the evening dinner we had a typical fish called persh. It was very nice specially accompanied by beer on tap.
We then went back to hotel to catch up with our blogs and picture downloads. It had been another very beautiful and full day.
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