🇫🇷 At Aix-les-Bains, France — A Stunning Lake and a Surprise Boat Trip

🌄 A Lakeside Day in the foothills of French Alps 🇫🇷 Please see my website: https://www.patrickashton.com I drive to Lac de Bourget, the largest natural lake in France, with Alpine scenery all around, and discover a place that I can't believe I haven't heard of. As well as walking along the lakeshore to the town of Aix-les-Bains, I play Swan Lake on the piano at a hotel, go out on the lake with a local fisherman (completely unplanned), and read the poetry of Lamartine, one of the great French Romantic poets, whose lover died of tuberculosis at the lake. 00:00 Arriving at the Lake 01:19 Playing Swan Lake 02:57 Walking the Jetty 03:14 Lake Colours 04:42 Walking To Aix-les-Bains 06:15 Unplanned Boat Ride with a Local Fisherman 13:47 Entering Aix-les-Bains 15:04 Art Deco Buildings 17:05 French Bakery Lunch 19:04 Aix-les-Bains Town 23:04 Lamartine’s Cave 27:00 Reciting “Le Lac” – Famous French Poem 28:00 Last Morning in France & Reflections 30:13 A look back at five days in France Consider following me on Patreon:   / patrickashton     / patrickashtontravels     / patrickashtontravels     / patrickashton53     / patrick15410016   If you like my videos, please spread the word - and let's build a great channel! This channel is a record of my explorations, both local and further afield. In my twenties I travelled a great deal, clocking up over 50 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa. My favourites so far have been the Philippines, Moldova, Pakistan and Lithuania, but I can enjoy myself practically anywhere. If I’m interested in something or somewhere, it takes a lot to stop me from going there. Now that I’m in my 50s and the children are just about grown up, my opportunity to travel has returned with a vengeance! Hopefully I’ll be accompanied by my wife for some trips. In making videos for this channel I hope to share my excitement about this wonderful world - cultures, people, landscapes, food, museums, history, architecture, different ways of life. There’s so much that nobody can do all of it. Just as the videos of other people have inspired me, I hope my journeys will inspire you, whether you can actually travel the world yourself or just get a taste of it via my videos. I look forward to having you with me!