Cigarette break – street scene in Annecy

A waitress taking a cigarette break outside a busy café in Annecy’s picturesque old town, with the Palais d’Isle in the River Thiou. Annecy is the capital of the French department of Haute-Savoie, a cultural hub and a climatic health resort located on the northern shore of the lake of the same name, Lac d’Annecy, in the French Prealps. The city surprised me with its unfussy, relaxed elegance and youthful vibrancy.