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Annecy, France – My European Car Trip #3

10 Thursday Mar 2016

Posted by Lorellay in France

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This story continues from here: Best of Switzerland

Before going forward to our next destination, France, I looked the map and my Pinterest Places To Go board and pointed to some of France’s most beautiful cities. As France is filled with amazing places, small and charming villages, and unique things to do and see, we had to choose a road that connects Switzerland and the Italian Riviera, that passes some important destinations and that is easy to handle and fun on the way. As you can imagine, or might know, a long driving trip is not fun if you only see the highway on both sides.

So I had to make a choice and cut some places from the list, add others and so on. And it became:

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After leaving Zurich, made some amazing stops in Switzerland’s Marche Restaurant & Gas Stations and finally got to Annecy after 4 hours. We only stayed a few hours there and headed to Grenoble, where we got very late and went directly to sleep, so we can rest for our next day’s trip to South of France.

To be honest, I’ve never even heard about Grenoble, but since it was on our way down, we chose to stop after a few hours spent in Annecy.

All right, now the important facts. But first, the pictures:

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EATS ON THE SWISS ROADS –  MEET Marché: THE NICEST ROAD STOP IN EUROPE

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PICNIC IN ANNECY WITH A FABULOUS VIEW OVER THE MOUNTAINS

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THE OLD TOWN

Château d'Annecy in the Old Town - surrounded by the water channel, charming and unique local shops, delicious small restaurants, bakeries and coffeeshops

CHATEAU D’ANNECY IN THE OLD TOWN – SURROUNDED BY THE WATER CHANNEL, CHARMING AND UNIQUE LOCAL SHOPS, DELICIOUS SMALL RESTAURANTS, BAKERIES AND COFFEE SHOPS

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EVERY WINDOW IS HIDING A FRENCH STORY – THE THING I LIKE MOST IN ITALY AND FRANCE ARE THE WINDOWS. SMALL, CHARMING, OLD FASHIONED, AND OF COURSE, FLOWERS AT EVERY ONE OF THEM

Le Picket Restaurant in Annecy France

ONE OF THE COZY RESTAURANTS WHERE WE CHOSE TO SIT, ENJOY THE VIEW AND EAT GOOD FOOD

Cheese fondue in Le Picket restaurant annecy

REAL CHEESE FONDUE IN LE PICKET- YUMM!

Castel Annecy

Château d’Annecy in the Old Town

 

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Such a romantic landscape, perfect place to take a break

Annecy – France’s Little Venice

I saw it on Pinterest, I followed the hashtag on Instagram, I added it on my travel wishlist in a moment.

Annecy is a small alpine town in southeastern France, very well-known for its old center, home of Chateau d’Annecy, once home to the counts of Geneva. Hmm, you know those medieval movies such as Robin Hood, First Knights and lovely Game of Thrones? The castle in the old town is even more charming than that, due to its position – surrounded by water, french restaurants, coffee shops and pâtisseries (french for bakery). The sidewalk around the water is something of a magnificent beauty.

This fairytale town needs more time to be explored. As a highlight, I would recommend you eat in one of the small restaurants in the old town, located near the waterside or the Chateau, and definitely try their cheese fondue! It’s absolutely fantastic! Even though it was summertime and I would die of warm, I had to simply enjoy this course as I am a huge fan of cheese bites.

Ah and don’t skip the walk inside the old town. You’ll find really interesting shops for bargains and cool concept stores.

If you’ve ever been to Annecy, let me know in the comments what else you’d add. I might make a short visit again soon to explore it more.

Until the next adventure in My European Car Trip

Don’t forget to spread the love 🙂

     Be lovely,

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My European Car Trip #2 – Best of Switzerland

10 Tuesday Nov 2015

Posted by Lorellay in Lorellay TV, Switzerland

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Have you ever been in a place that has everything? Like, literally everything! And all very close to each other? Beautiful mountain views, with the sea just across the corner, classic charming streets but also futuristic endless tunnels, historical architecture, incredible food and cultures, and the people…oh the people, beautiful, classy and so relaxed! Ladies, meet Switzerland! I made a video to make sure you get to see as much as possible, in case you ever plan to visit the country, but don’t skip the pictures below, either!

Since I was here for a few days on our #cartrip, we had the chance to explore much, and our dear friends that live there were really great hosts, but not everyone has friends in Switzerland to carry them around, so I will make a list with what we did, and what could you do, if you’d like, on your trip there.

I have a gallery with amazing photos to share from Switzerland & Co. I also have a few recommendations that I cannot leave behind, because I’m sure you will appreciate it if you ever visit any of the places!

Visit the Rhine Fall in Schaffhausen!

It’s a must, and do not hesitate to take the boat over there and make a tour. I skipped that and I still regret it…

Gotthard Tunnel

The tunnel is located under the Alps mountains, but if you have a little bit extra time, go for the mountain drive! You’ll see amazing places, make stops and just enjoy!  This is one of them:

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Lugano

Just a 2 hours drive from Zurich is Lugano city which is such a lovely town to get an ice cream in, take a boat tour or just walk along the beautiful promenade. Lugano has many parks and lakesides, you can just google around and find many of them, or just ask the locals, they’ll guide you through.

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Monte San Salvatore

Once you get to Lugano, don’t hesitate to visit this place. It’s basically the top of Lugano, from where you can see the aquatic border between Switzerland and Italy. You can climb the mountain, or of course, you can choose the 10-minutes ride with the red funicular, which for me was an incredible experience, because I got to see how high up we got second by second, while watching the beautiful views around. Once you get up, you have a restaurant over there, but don’t settle for it, since you’ll want to go even more up stair by stair (a few hundreds of them, damn!), where you’ll find a small church. A few more stairs here (YES, take your COMFORTABLE shoes) and you’ll really be on the top of Lugano, where you’ll experience the most incredible views! Breathless panorama! I promise you, you won’t regret it!

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Ticino

It’s an amazing little town or maybe village, I haven’t memorised that part, very close to Lugano, or maybe part of it, where you can get a nice swim in this beautiful place almost everywhere, but a very, very special place, which is like a hidden gem for locals, is Valle Verzasca. You’ll see that the pictures don’t serve it’s real beauty, when you get there. A great, great plus is Rustici della Verzasca (I don’t even really know what it is!) – it offers accommodation in really cozy rooms, with breathless views and an incredible restaurant/oysteria. Ticino is more Italian than Swiss, so you should expect the whole La Dolce Vita experience, because, my friends, it has never been more real! Here’s a few of my pictures, which I believe are better than any of the ones I found online:

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Valle Verzasca

Valle verzasca best in switzerland my european car trip

Valle Verzasca mountain view

Rustici della Verzasca restaurant and accommodation

Rustici della Verzasca restaurant and accommodation

 

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View from the rooms in Rustici della Verzasca

James Bond 007 GoldenEye Bungee Jump

Extremely high, incredibly beautiful – pay it a visit, and if you don’t dare jumping, just go see it, enjoy the fabulous views from the 220 meters high dam and watch others jumping, it’s really, really worthy!

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Lucerne

A beautiful town very close to Zurich – I only got to visit it in the evening, so I haven’t gotten the opportunity to take many pictures, but visit their official site and see this national treasure.

And of course, the center of Zurich, which is absolutely fabulous, and there I have 2 tips that I am not sure you’ll find by yourself: Sprungli – best macarons ever!!! and Salvator Dali gallery. 

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I definitely decided I want to live here someday, for three main special reasons:

  1. Its location in Europe is so perfect, so convenient, you can practically take breakfast in France, dinner in Italy, and be back home by night in Switzerland just so you can wake up in the morning and close a deal in Germany 🙂
  2. Because of the numerous jazz festivals they host in places as Lugano, on the seaside, which I find extremelly romantic and perfect food for the soul.
  3. The weather! The Swiss have it all, compared to us in Scandinavia! It can be cold, or warm, or very warm, or just right, but never so dramatic weather changes as in Sweden…

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A ONE DAY TRIP: Take a day tour from Zurich to Lugano, drive over the mountain instead of the tunnel, so you can experience the wonderful views, visit Lugano’s lakeside park and take a gelatto at La Gelateria di Lugano, then drive to Ticino, see Valle Verzasca and take two jumps: one in the beautiful blue water from the bridge in the Valley, and one from the world famous James Bond Verzasca dam. 

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Have you ever visited any of this places or have any more tips for my next visit? Let me know in the comments!

Until next article in…..France!

Love,

L

My European Car Trip #1 – Germany

28 Friday Aug 2015

Posted by Lorellay in Germany

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What can be more satisfying, creative and tremendously fun, than visiting some of your most loved places in the same vacation, while combining old with new, fun with culture, beach time with hiking, luxury with countrysides and simple living? Well, I would say nothing… but I would lie! I’ll explain why, in the last article of this My European Car Trip series.

We took one month off from our regular life to have a journey around our European favorite places, to get to know them better, and explore the unseen. Moreover, with the car, all the way from Sweden to Italy, and back.

 

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So we wrapped our bags and jumped in the car, with a new GPS and our credit cards, not knowing where we actually are heading to, except the countries we want to explore: We would stop in Siegen, Germany to visit relatives, Zurich to visit friends, other parts of Switzerland, and then southeast France and Italy. No limits on Italy, we planned to not plan Italy at all!

 

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We drove 3 h from Jönköping to Helsinborg where a ferry crosses every 15 minutes for 20 minutes, continuing with more driving in Denmark, all the way South to Rödby, where we took another 45 minute ferry to Puttgarden in Germany. The experience with the ferry was magnificent, more than expected! I always wanted to do this, but never got the chance. To drive the car inside the huuuge boat, park it, go out and take a nice lunch upstairs in the restaurant, from where you can see how the boat is leaving the shore second by second…moreover, there is even duty free’s on the boats, thing I haven’t knew in 27 years! (I know…I sound like a child 🙂 )

 

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First stop was Hamburg just for a coffee and snack, then Hannover was the sleepover place – I must admit, we jumped in bed quite fast after such a long road 🙂

Second day, we’ve been travelling into the East side of Germany, to Siegen – Neunkirschen, a cute little town in Germany, visited relatives and the Old Town.

 

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Interesting fact about Germany:

On every highway, there is a church with amazing design! Don’t miss them, if you pass by!

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To be sincere, this part of the trip was all about family and spending quality time with them. I’ve returned to the roots for 2 days, to a childhood full of amazing memories such as picking fruit from the trees or stealing from the neighbors’ gardens 🙂

After creating a few more memories here, we drove to Switzerland where I totally fell in love with Zurich and Lugano and everything in between! See more in the next article. Now the fun begins!

Until then,

Enjoy the last days of summer!

L

 

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