Life and Travel Laurie Mucha Life and Travel Laurie Mucha

Winter Holidays in Annecy, France

walks, hikes, fruit dumplings and little house on the prairie

Moon above a jagged limestone mountain ridge under a clear blue sky.

La Tournette, Haute-Savoie, France.

Small rowboats moored at a calm lakeside at dusk, with still water reflecting soft clouds and a mountain silhouetted in the distance.

Lake Annecy, France - just after sunset.

The view from my office window.

Paraglider with a red canopy flying above a forested hillside, the moon visible in a clear blue sky.

Paragliding in front of the moon!

Annecy, -looking towards the lake with Pont des Amours in the distance.

Upward view of a narrow old-town street at night, with warm-lit pastel buildings, shuttered windows, and a dark starry sky overhead.

Old town, Annecy

Graffiti-covered wall featuring a stencil-style figure mid-stride, blue peace symbols, and layered street tags.

Just some street art.

Decorated Christmas tree glowing with warm lights and ornaments, surrounded by wrapped presents on a wooden floor, with a small plate of cookies and carrots nearby.

+ carrots for Rudolph (or Míša - whoever gets to them first.)

Wooden turntable with a vinyl record on a sideboard, beside a sculpted torso, glowing table lamp, perfume bottle, and book in warm, soft light.

still life with turntable

Plate of fruit dumplings dusted with sugar and crumbs on a beautiful table, with other diners and dishes softly blurred in the background.

Ovocné knedlíky (czech fruit dumplings)

La Tournette again! I can’t stop taking photos of this view.

I found a fort in the woods.

One of our favourite restaurants in Annecy is a Little House on the Prairie themed restaurant called Chez Ingalls. It makes absolutely no sense, but it’s lovely and delicious!

Moody dawn sky with blue and peach clouds above a dark mountain ridge, overlooking a lakeside town glowing with scattered lights reflected on the water.

Just after sunrise, the morning we left to drive back to London.

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