Today we drove from Padova to Annecy. It took about five hours. We got here in the daylight, which was very nice. We got shown around and given the key to the place by Noémi, who we had to phone prior to our arrival so she could meet us here. She's someone our swappers know in town. Let me just say, it is so much easier to communicate when you know the language. French is comforting.
This apartment is on the first floor with a nice view from the balcony of the city, as well as a bike path that is practically in our back yard. I think tomorrow we'll take the bikes from the garage and do a bit of a bike trip.
There was a lot of food all stocked up for us, so we didn't have to go to a grocery store today. We had pasta and tuna and cheese and bacon bits (lardons) for dinner, as well as apples (which were here already).
Nothing much more to say about today, other than my communication skills helped again when the neighbour showed us how to do the recycling here (and they have no compost! Too bad). Pretty long driving day.
Oh yeah! One more interesting thing: on the way here we went under Mont Blanc in a tunnel and drove practically underneath (just south of) Chamonix, the ski hill where I learned to ski over five days in 2014 on my exchange. This area of France feels very familiar, and soon (Thursday) I will get to see the Croisats again. I'm very much looking forward to visiting with them!
So that's about it. We're settled in, relaxed, able to communicate, lots of food. That's all you really need. Haven't heard any wood pigeons yet, sit tight for the update.
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