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Last day in Switzerland and Europe
... in Morges and Al and I went to Geneva. We had a bit of a walk around the old town, looked at the fountain on the lake and of course, Al could not leave without the obligatory Swiss watch!
Back home, Al finished off cooking dinner that he'd prepared before we left for the afternoon trip into Geneva, and then, packing time.
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A day trip to Evian and Betsy gets her watch!
With the French towns of Evian and Yvoire so invitingly close across the lake it would have been a sin if we did not take the opportunity to see one of them. As there was a departure point to Yvoire 100m down the road from Mack and Jude's place we decided on Yvoire. The departure time is 11:20am and we get there with time to spare. By 11:30am it's becoming obvious, despite many others waiting, that its not coming. A quick phone call by Jude to the travel ...
Leysin and cousin catch up after 30 years
... to Morges. On the way back we decided to get off in Montreux for a bit of aloof around. An interesting little town with a lot of shops displaying music memorabilia not the least of which features Queen and Freddie Mercury. Montreux has an annual music festival which Queen attended a number of times and ended up buying a recording studio there. There is a statue of Freddy Mercury signifying ...
Château de Chillon
... Some of the rooms had amazing furniture; some of the pieces had been restored and others were replicas done by people who had studied with the creators of the originals. It was quite something to think that before, all the furnishings for the castles were packed up in trunks to be taken to the next one when the kings or princes went around visiting their subjects. As time moved on, furnishings were left permanently in the castles so the furniture evolved into ...
Day 82 - Merci Beaucoup
Today we farewelled Florence and boarded the train for Montreux, Switzerland. We were headed here for 10 days, to see the Montreux Jazz Festival. When we arrived at the station Adam pleasantly surprised us! He had come to meet us to help find our accommodation, which, being the amazing friend he is, he had arranged.
Montreux is a stunningly beautiful place. It reminded me a little of Queenstown, NZ, as it has a massive ...
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