As it was the Ascension on Thursday it was a bank holiday in France. It is common practice for most people to take the Friday off work too to get a long weekend – it is known as faire le pont. Cath and I are keen on following local customs so we ont fait le pont aussi.
We booked a couple of nights in Aix-Les-Bains – an hour-and-a-half from Lyon with a huge lake called Lac Du Bourget. It is a spa town which Queen Victoria used to visit.
As we drove along the motorway we saw the usual array of buzzards but then, nesting high up on a post next to the motorway was a white stork – la cigogne blanche – a first for me. Her babies had better learn to fly properly first time.
Aix is very picturesque and our flat was right in the centre. After lunch we set out for the lake.
Thrown to (the) Lyon 
La Dent du Chat est un massif des Alpes que l’on peut voir parfois depuis Lyon ( si c’est le cas, cela annonce de la pluie) . 1 390 m d’altitude.
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