What a difference a short train ride makes. Last nights hostel looked out into the city of Lyon, while tonight's has beautiful views of Lake Annecy with the French alps rising in the background, snow capped peaks visible. It is beautiful, and the towns is finally just that, a town, without the hustle and bustle of Lyon and Paris. Last night in Lyon was great again though, with my friend Nick again taking me and his two friends, Elodie and Melissa, out to dinner at an old Lyon restaurant Brasserie George's. It was great, and I was serenaded by the whole place for my "birthday", which is actually in August. Nick said he really just wanted me to see the traditional birthday singing and clapping! We then walked along the Rhone river and called it a night. I left early this morning and got to Annecy around 3, and with help from my dad, was finally able to find my much elevated hostel. I have since just been taking in the views, waiting to check in and then go back down towards the town for the evening, where I may meet up with one of Nick's friends living in Annecy. My priorities now are to see this beautiful town and do some real laundry, not the sink kind, I'm running low on clean shirts. Other than that I hope to snap so photos of this beautiful place and post them soon, and most likely will be headed to Geneva sometime tomorrow. I'll keep y'all updated, and I hope everyone is doing well!