Nora@home: The French Alps

I don't intend to bore you rigid with a blow by blow account of each day of our holidays...BUT..... it was SO stunningly beautiful I just had to share some of the scenery with you. So here we go........

We were wandering about discovering the park one evening and as we walked towards the lake were greeted by this sunset. It was beautiful, and if you can imagine being in light clothes and feeling warm, it was that totally wonderful warm, holiday feeling.

But this view was short-lived as within 2 minutes the sun had plummeted to this.......

(sorry it's a bit blurry...firework mode!! yeah!...but you get the gist!)

After 8 hours of travelling to get here the French side of The Channel, we had a day of rest, closely followed by a shopping day with a twist!

On our shopping venture we decided to go to Baume Les Messieurs, last minute decision, and a joyful one!

Take a look at it..........

The thing with the black 'hood' on the top (in the centre) is an ancient Abbey with parts dating back to the 9th Century....mind-blowingly beautiful. The village is nestled in a gorge with a river flowing through.

At the end of the Gorge was this.....

...which you could go inside and see this.................

this.........

this.......................

....and this! And so much more that just doesn't show well as it glistens, but just can't be caught on camera. It was the most stunning set of caves.

after another day of rest and family fun (which I shall bore you with in another post!). We decided to drive the 90km to Geneva in Switzerland.

We passed through this village......................

It was very odd. At the fork in the road, one road stayed in France and one went through the border into Switzerland. Can you just see the roof of the little house behind the sign? Well, that was in France, but when we drove up the other fork in the road, the garden was in Switzerland with a gate in the 3 ft high fence!

I can't show you any more pictures because we got 6 miles into Switzerland and Tiddly Toes was sick! I can tell you with the twists and turns we were all feeling a little delicate (and quietly were quite pleased that we had an excuse to turn round and go home!), we have been to Switzerland.....6 miles into Switzerland!

After another day of rest which still had us feeling a little off colour, we decided to brave the bends and head to Nozeroy, a stunning little 16th Century Medieval town, look......................

It was so pretty and it was deserted, until that is until you came to a restaurant and you could hear the hubbub and lunch service...the French now how to party, even in the middle of the day!

As we wandered a circuit of the town we visited the church, it was crammed full of ancient Bibles and amazing art work. And this most beautiful stained glass window.......

Sadly that day was a bit rainy, so the pictures of the local market are not sharable due to a drippy lens and bad light, but let me tell you...it was fantastic and we got to taste loads of olives, pastes, bread.......tummy rumbling yet?

We visited the market at Lons le Saunier, but silly me forgot the camera so I can't show you the stunning park and waterfalls, or the town square...ggrrrrr!

By this time, doing a cultural day and a play day, we were at the end of our hols! We decided on our last night to take a pedalo onto the lake, I just thought I'd show you the clear, green-blue water...........