Annecy....continued

Picturesque Annecy. The mountains are gorgeous. Little villages here and there. It reminds me of a fairy tale. I love to sit at a cafe, drink coffee or wine and sit in quiet watching the world go by.
Someone else like doing that too, can you find the elderly lady looking out her window? There aren't screens on the windows like in the US, I've seen very few insects.
We went into a church in the town center. Our Lady of Rejoicing. The church is going through renovations. It 's very old and needs work. There was Bach playing softly, the floors creaked as we wandered through looking at the stations of the cross, the alter and carved wooden confessionals.

Unbelievably beautiful paintings and hand carvings.

We stopped at a restaurant for dinner. Paul ordered Raclette. 1/3 of a wheel of Raclette cheese is put into a machine with a swinging arm. The cheese rests under a heating element that will, depending on how long you let it sit--melt the cheese and become brown and bubbly. Yummm!
Waiting for the cheese to melt into brown, bubbly goodness......
Raclette is service with boiled potatoes, meat and gerkins. It is a rich, fabulous cheese.
We walked around the village after dinner, as we entered a cave, we heard music. This man was playing the most unbelievable music on wine glasses filled with water. He would dip his fingers in a bucket of water, then swirl them around the rim the the glasses. Many glasses at once. I managed to get a short video of him playing.....I'll post it when I figure out how.

This is Jean, he owns and manages Hotel des Alpes where we stayed. He has a great sense of humour and was will to help us practice our French. His hotel is across from the train station. The rooms are very clean and comfortable. The petet dejeune was terrific!