Pewter

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Saturday 14-8-10
Still in Annecy, we decided to do some laundry, boring I know but a necessary. Later we visited a pewter factory and bought two wine goblets, great to see the old artisan still working. Found a secondhand shop and bought a jug for my pub. Drove around the Alps and visited some of the quaint villages, again the gardens were impressive as was the color of the buildings, but as the weather had turned bad we headed back to the comfort of our room.

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