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Chambery App
If you have an IPhone or IPod and are planning a visit to Chambery, buy my ITunes App. It will walk you through the city of Chambery to each historic landmark with walking directions, history, a map, and narrative. It's just $2.99. Click on the above photo of the elephant fountain for the link to the app.
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Chambery Guide Book
Get my Chambery, France Guide Book free with the purchase of my Cookbook: 'French Comfort Food: Recipes of Savoie and the French Alps.' Get both for only $7.99. Click the photo to get more information or to purchase your books now.
French Tutorial
A basic grammar and vocabulary review of the French language, as well as some informal & slang vocabulary and a special section on vocabulary for English-speaking expatriates living in France. Also included is an appendix on French pronunciation for English speakers as well as IPA transcriptions for most of the vocabulary lists and all of the verb conjugations.
Visit the Store to buy the e-book for $9.95 or paperback book for $24.95.
Join us on a small group tour of the French Alps on June 8-15th, 2013. I designed this tour to include the best of the region. Wander the Medieval town of Annecy, nicknamed the Venice of the French Alps, and take a boat ride on its crystal blue lake. Are you the adventurous type? Then parasail tandem off a mountain or take a cable car up to a 13,000 foot mountain near Mont Blanc. Are you a foodie? Taste local chocolates, cheeses, wines and hazelnut oils. Eat at two award-winning restaurants and have your private chef cook meals made with local products. Are you a history buff? Then satisfy your curiosity at Lyon's Old Town or Vienne's Roman Temple and excavated Roman city. Or just enjoy watching the parasailers and sunset while enjoying an outdoor aperitif on the top of a mountain overlooking Annecy's lake. See you in the French Alps! www.french-alps-tours.com
Alps Cookbook
Get my ECookbook: 'French Comfort Food: Recipes of Savoie and the French Alps.'
51 recipes of the region, collected from friends and local cookbooks. This is the only English language Savoie and French Alps cookbook in print. Only $7.99 and includes a bonus book: The Chambery Guide Book.
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Every year Annecy holds its Venetian Carnival. There are several events but for us walking around town and videotaping and photographing the costumed beauties is what we try to do every year. It’s free! It was also such a lovely day that it was wonderful to be outside. Of course, everyone else had the same idea so it was very crowded and I lost some good shots thanks to elbows in my ribs or face, people jiggling my camera, and standing in front of me just at the wrong moment. Still, I got some great video so do enjoy this amazing festive event.
This is Part One of two videos. Part two in a few days.
Chambery had its Carnival celebration on February 26th. It’s not Rio or New Orleans or even Nice, but it was fun, just the same. This Carnival is intended for the children. In fact, many of the children make the floats in their schools. The kids were SO cute all dressed up in their costumes. I hope this makes you smile.
I saw this on the Lonely Planet website when I first arrived in France and it stuck in my mind because, at the time, I hadn’t really experienced the French Face Fart yet. However, a few years later, I can say with confidence that I’ve experienced this gesture thousands of times now. My husband and his kids regularly use the face fart to say nonverbally: ‘heck if I know.’ When I lived in Italy, the Italians used the shoulder shrug and the non-word ‘Beh?’ or ‘Buh?’ I picked that one up instantly and still use it today, however I’ve never been able to really get the ‘face fart’ down so I have to resort to just the shoulder shrug.
One of the unintended funniest things about this video is that the first host has such a strong New Zealand accent that they had to use subtitles to understand him.
Pont en Royans is a quaint, cliff-hanging village near the Choranche Caverns. The colorful houses hanging over the local river are perfect for photographers and lovers of beauty alike. We stopped there after visiting the Choranche Caverns, walked through the city, and stayed for a great dinner before driving home. See this lovely French village:
This is the second video of the interior of the Choranche Caverns near Grenoble in the French Alps. This video is specifically of the ‘Cathedral room’ where they show a video projected onto the cavern walls. The video depicts the history of the caverns. It’s fun to watch but a bit too techy for the setting.
A second and final video of this year’s Annecy Venetian Carnival which was held March 18-20th. The handmade costumes are magnificent – this is a festival to put on your list.
