Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis oh my!

Yes, we are Italy! How did you guess? When I last posted we were in Annecy, France. We made it down to Lac du Annecy (Lake Annecy!) for a swim (remember the fountain of youth?) and a couple great pics on the walk.
 
  We left Annecy early yesterday morning to make the short trip to Chamonix. Chamonix is a beautiful town in the French Alps, not far from Geneva, Switzerland and Turin, Italy. There was plenty of snow on the mountains, but the weather was gorgeous down in the valley. We had planned to ride the gondola to the top of Mont Blanc, but decided not to since a group of about 16 people had accidentally gotten trapped in it the previous night due to some kind of malfunction. All of the people were fine, but many of them spent the night trapped above the mountain in a small cable car. I'm thankful that was not us! Anyway, our absolute favorite thing about Chamonix was the abundance of paragliders all over the sky. We found their landing place (a field that I think in winter is the kids ski school) and watched several of them come in from flight. I've added paragliding to my "must-do" list and we all left a piece of our hearts in Chamonix! We will be back someday!
 
  This morning we visited the Gorges Du Fier, one of the largest natural gorges made by River erosion. It was amazing! We are so glad we made the stop.
 
  After that, we spent about 7 hours in the car, making our way towards Eastern Italy. We drove the Autostrada the whole way, 130 kph, and went through more tunnels than I've ever seen in my life. One of them was about 5 miles long! No kidding, too, we got passed by so many race cars! Ferraris and Lambourghinis! All shiny and just whizzing by! We are staying at a bed and breakfast in Noale, Italy, a town in Veneto not far from Venice. The place is great, with comfy beds, wi-if and even a washer and dryer! Our hosts are Laura and Alberto and their 3 cats. We walked down the street to a delicious pizza place for dinner. Been thinking about an awesome quote from the last yoga class I took in Durham before leaving town... You are not the dancer.
  "Life is the dancer, you are the dance...." Ekhart Tolle