Annecy/Talloires

This weekend was the University trip to Annecy and Talloires in the Alps, which were beautiful:

But the real subject of the trip was the cheese:

I'm not really sure who had the idea to take us on a cheese tour with 9 different cheeses, then have fondue, then go to bed and wake up for a 9am cheese tasting on another mountain, but it was basically cheese overload. It was really good cheese (I really liked the green herby goat cheese in the picture with lots of samples), but I feel I need to be vegan for a little while. Apparently the Haute-Savoy and Rhone-des-Alps regions (where we were) are famous for this kind of cheese called Reblochon (on the salad, the plate with the patterned edge, and the sample plate) that isn't legal in the US because it isn't pasteurized. It was really good (and kind of stinky), and I'm really glad we got to have so much of it in the last 48 hours, but I think I'm good on the Reblochon front until the next time I come back to France.