The weather has been a bit dodgy, but amazingly as we walked up towards the old walled city, the clouds parted and the sun made a welcome appearance for the first time. The colourful houses lining the little narrow streets lit up, and I knew that this may be my first visit but it certainly wouldn’t be my last!
The church seemed enormous for the size of the tiny village, and had been covered in beautiful frescos, whilst opposite, each of the artisanal shops displayed an amazing array of old fashioned signs to hawk their wares.
We were really tempted by the ‘plat du jour’ at the Vieux Bourg restaurant but as we’d decided to make the most of the sunshine and wander up to the public gardens where there are some magnificent magnolia trees before settling down to eat, they had sold out. Drats!
Fortunately ‘Le Conflarian’ opposite was offering a planche de charcuterie for the same bargain price of 8€! What we’d hoped would be a simple plate of cured meats turned out to be a huge pile of hams and all sorts of Savoyard speciality cuts, so we were stuffed by the time we wandered back down to the fountain.
Luckily this is a sort of wishing well where you through your penny in and make a wish. I wished that I didn’t feel so stuffed and wasn’t going to have to hike for miles to work off all the calories!!
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