Loving Chamonix

Daisy's new poncho

Me and the traveller child

Denmeister and the mountains

Off to do the croissant run this morning

I want to go back to bed!

Food? Ok then...

Denni's yeti hair and beard

Thirsty?

Daisy's pan au chocolat toungue

This is worth a look...

We are loving Chamonix. The weather has been a bit dull but its beautiful so we have decided to stay another night. Yey. Hope you are all ok. Lots of love xxxx

Hiyyyyeeeeeeeee from Chamonix!

An outburst of morale on the balcony

View from the balcony



Ah!

Daisy chomping on a pear

Irene having a rest

Clever baby!

Little creature and view from the balcony (Mt Blanc in background)

Chamonix town centre

last few of Annecy before we left....

Cheeky Monkey!

Bonjour! Firstly apologies for the abrupt ending of the last. Denni started it, I finished it and we were in a rush. Nevermind, I will make up for it with warm ending on this one.

Well, Anthony the dedicated and extremely helpful french VW mechanic was true to his word. He fixed Irene on time, as promised, for a bargain price. That was Tuesday so we left Lake Anncey (boo!) for Chamonix (yey!) Wednesday. We decided to give Irene a little rest and treat ourselves to a luxury wooden chalet at a campsite 10 mins walk from Chamonix town centre. The view from our balcony is Mont Blanc! I am typing this from there at the moment with a glass of Rosé. It is raining but the view is still amazing.

Daisy is a cheeky chunky monkey. She has started slapping her hand in the bath water quite vigourously, giving us all a shower and totally splashing herself but she doesnt care. She loves fruit, especially when she can eat it whole and use her two little teeth to scrape bits off. Today at lunch time she managed a grated cheese sarnie! It did take a while for her to chew though. She has been on top form the last few days and has been really good fun. Her new thing is posing and smiling for the camera (must get that from her Papa!).

Daisy can now easily sit up by herself and likes to stand when you hold her. She watches us brush our teeth and copies (Denni's colleagues, the fang farriers would be proud!). She has become very vocal and expressive and we have found ourselves being plonkers in public to make her laugh. Who cares, worth it every time!

So we are here for four days, then off to Lake Como in Italy on Sunday. Thanks for reading and for the comments. We are having the time of our lives but miss you all heaps! Back on soon for an update.

Lots of love from Denni, Anna, Daisy and Irene xxxx

A wee update

Cuddle time

Playtime

Daisy has figured out she can pull Papa's beard

Cool shades!

My lovely ladies :0)

Smiley creatures

Daisy having a kip on the shores of the Lake

Anna and Daisy on the bridge in Annecy

Self portrait


Daisy and her preferred mode of travel




Chunky little monkey....and Daisy! Wack wack oops.

Daisy and Ewan McGregor ;0)

Anna and Daisy and Lake Geneva

The view over Lake Annecy


Anna and Pierre the Parasending pilot

Irene and Lake Annecy

We are having to spend another week here in Annecy (not complaining!) as we discovered that one of the pipes carrying fuel had badly corroded and the bus was smelling badly of petrol.

Amazingly enough, about half a mile away we found a proper old skool VW garage full of Bay windows, Golfs, Porsche and some funky looking trucks which I'll take a piccie of when the bus is fixed.

Daisy has now decided that as soon as she is laid down, to flip onto her front and prefers trying to stand up rather than sit down, she has come on quite a bit in the 2 weeks we have been away. And of course she is chunking up! She loves croissants and pan au chocolat! She has a new habit of smiling for the camera and is very chatty. Her first proper swim was in the campsite swimming pool, pics to follow.

Anyway back to the holiday. Some piccies above of our recent trips out and about, weather still in the high 20's although cold at night. It would appear that all Japanese tourists we have seen seem to think Denni is Ewan McGregor! They asked for his photo and autograph and were a bit deflated when it turned out it actually wasn't him!

Geneva and general stuff

Le family

The little creature and her little pegs

Lake Geneva

Mama and Daisy

Checking out the local wildlife

Daisy feeding the ducks

Hi folks,

going to stay longer in Annecy as it is a fab place. More piccies below, went to Geneva for the day, not too exciting but obviously more exciting than being in the UK!!

Weather supposed to take a turn for the worse next few days, so either head to Chamonix or down to Lake Como or Garda, the possibilities are endless :0) Bon nuit

The journey from Calais-Auxerre-Annecy

Daisy and her first dip in the Lake

In the park in Annecy

Down on the shore having breakfast

Our camping pitch

Nightmare place to be at 5pm!

Ok so the first time to log on and let you know what has been happening. After the ferry from Portsmouth was cancelled, we made our way to Dover so we could catch a similar time ferry. Daisy was really good and now has some proper sea time under her belt. Journey to Auxerre took ages as we were stuck in Paris in traffic.

Eventually got to Auxerre, stayed overnight in a cheap and cheerful Campanile hotel and then headed down to Annecy first thing in the morning. No need to explain the campsite to you, have a look at the pics :0)

Daisy has been having her breakfast evey morning on the shore of the lake and then feeding the ducks who she wrestled with over the bread this morning. No fear, just doesnt like sharing food!

All good, campsite amazing (Du lac bleu, Douissard) and now the trip is in full swing we are very glad to be here.

At lake annecy, cheers!

At lake annecy, cheers!--