Hotel Du Lac - Vevey
Rue d'Italie 1 Vevey, Vaud, 1800, Switzerland
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Elliot is approaching 9 kg pretty fast and becoming more and more interactive. He can now put some objects into the right place, can put his index finger and thumb together and for a few seconds can stand up holding himself. As usual, a lot of smiles and giggles all around. The afternoons can be a bit tough sometimes but usually the moment he sees other babies he is super communicative and wanting to say hello!
Its good to be at ...
Our first stop
... d’Ouchy sits by the lake front and is an impressive building. Only the dungeon tower of the medieval 12th century castle remains. At the end of the 19th century it was transformed into a neo-Gothic style hotel. Benito Mussolini returned to Lausanne in 1912 for a Middle East conference in the Chateau d’Ouchy where Hemmingway assisted as a journalist. Mussolini had previously been arrested in Switzerland for vagrancy! ...
The gentle art of skiing in sunshine
Emily and her husband Andrew visited during a worldwind tour of the world. It was great to catch up and hang out with the 2 after quite a few years.
Then the first day of sunshine after over a week of snowing, meant several ski trips to catch up with different mates and enjoy the huge amount of snow recently dropped and some great sunshine!
As you can see - Disco had a lot of ...
Roasting Chestnuts on a Open Fire, Lake Geneva
... and I was berated for breaking all the rules by dipping everything in the cheese including fries and even a slice of horse. I figure cheese goes good with anything?
Matthieu and I were hoping to go climbing in the mountains of the Swiss Alps, but the weather was not cooperative, cold and rainy and would have been abysmal up at higher elevations. Instead ...
Retour aux sources
Depuis des semaines je me réjouissais de rentrer en Suisse pour un court retour aux sources. Pourtant cela n'allait pas de soi, car il est clair que Genève n'était pas sur le passage de notre itinéraire asiatique... mais plusieurs facteurs m'ont finalement quand même décidés d'y aller, notamment le fait que mon billet retour de l'année passée allait expirer et j'avais promis à mon père de revenir le voir.... ...



