Mountains, lake, home...

Lac du Bourget with the Dent du Chat in the background
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This is a 'pre travel' entry I guess. Aix Les Bains, in fact Drumettaz Clarafond, was where we lived for nearly 2 years.

The countryside is magnificent! The Lac du Bourget in the valley with the massif of the Dent du Chat (cats tooth) on one side, and the Massif de Bauges national park on the other side. You can ski in winter and swim in the lake in summer (I dont recommend the swimming in winter...)

Aix itself is an OK town but really nothing special. It is a popular 'spa' town and attracts many French visitors who take the 'cure' in the waters. Most of the vistors and inhabitants are, shall we say, a liitle long in the tooth. And consequently Aix is not the most lively of towns.

There are some fantastic places to visit around Aix but that is another story for another time.

We left Aix in August 2006 and have been 'semi traveling' until now (Nov 2006).We are now in Brittany where will be picking up our motorhome to start our journey proper.