Category: food & drinks
Annecy restaurants
Annecy is a touristy town in the Haute-Savoie region of France, so there are restaurants and cafes everywhere you turn, especially in the old town area (see earlier post). The local specialties – Savoyard dishes – typically served on black slate, feature cheeses and cured meats (which we had plenty in Switzerland). So we feasted on…
Annecy, France
Annecy is located about 100 minutes drive from where we live. We knew about the town and had wanted to visit it for the last 2 years. But it was only until June last year when we spent a weekend there. Yeah, this post has been in the draft folder for months. Annecy is the…
Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School
Sue loves spicy food and I like mine spicy as well as sour – we are manifestly fans of Thai food. One of the things we wanted to do in Thailand was to attend a cookery school. So we booked ourselves a full-day cooking course. The Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School claims to be the first such school…
Europa Rad at Place Bellecour, Lyon
A Ferris wheel was set up in Place Bellecour during the Festival of Lights (Fête des Lumières) in Lyon – the Europa Rad. We waited until dusk before getting on the wheel because we wanted to catch a bit of natural light along with the decorative lights. Here’s a short clip of the views from the top to the…