Victoria Montreux

Yesterday I felt myself becoming sick as my throat became tighter and tighter. By tonight it was really sore and I was worried I might be coming down with Strep or a sinus infection at the least. Wanting to make sure that I would be able to fly home for the weekend, I inquired at the hotel if there was a walk-in type of clinic anywhere. They directed me to one and I went there tonight.

Upon arrival I checked in at the ...

... au dîner ensemble à Café du Grütli, où j'ai eu de la truite et des légumes. Le c'était agréable pour parler l'anglais encore ! Nous avons marché de retour à l'hôtel et avons dit ensemble nos bonnes nuits, après échanger d'e-mail adresse si nous pouvons rester en communication quand nos vacances sont faites.

Jour 2

Aujourd'hui j'ai décidé juste d'explorer la Vieille Ville par le pied. Premièrement, et le plus important, j'ai visit ...

... on the edge of Lake Geneva and was a strategic location to control movement between north and south of Europe. There were three important periods in the time of the castle:

The Savoy era (12th century to 1536)

The Bernese era (1536-1798)

The Vaudois era (1798 until today)

The castle was first mentioned in 1150 and was a fortress, arsenal and a prison. Restoration on the castle began at the end of the 19th century and continues today, but ...

... Point, only to discover that there was no cheap accomodation left and the only places available was 4 and 5 star hotels. So long chat on the phone to Lucy's mum and she said she would pay for us to stay in a nice hotel and send her the bill. What a treat! Lausanne was a really charming city with an excellent atmosphere and wonderfully clean air. So despite staying there for a short peroid of time, I cant wait to go back!

... t dressed for hot weather, because it doesn't really get that hot up in Leysin. Actually it has been raining every afternoon, so you want a rainjacket not shorts or sandals. I wished I had brought my swimsuit when I watched all the kids jumping into Lake Geneva. Of course half of them hadn't brought swimsuits either and had to sit on plastic bags or cardboard on the ride back. After eating, we staff members walked around and checked out all the shops. I ...

... t trying to rob me like my friend says. Also wherever you walk, you can see the Lake and mountains, especially if you walk to the Jardin de Palais, it's quite breath taking. The hotel recommended this little small local cozy café for dinner. So I am sitting here ordering my food away. The customers here are quite diverse; there's a couple who's staying at my hotel, looks very lovey dovey. So cute. Another couple, umm, not sure what they are talking about but ...

... where there is a well known ice cream shop. It was amazing, the queue was out the door and down the street. Apparently it can be like that up until and after midnight! They make their own ice cream and always have wonderful and amazing flavour combinations. I had 2 scoops -Green tea and hazelnut. Mum went for the straight forward, caramel and vanilla. Rowana had Pinneaple with Basil. It was fab. Ragdoll ...

... Spoon Barry
-night 2: Callahan reveals himself to be a power bottom (butt wars/power struggle)
-night 3: the calm before the storm (Callahan annexes right side)
-night 4: battle of the right side which must never be spoken of again (side note: Bosh and Nick's snoring contest)
Crippling night on the **** with Lucas Coady, Steve Lee, Joey and Andrew (aka Pukey/Chief of the Jibberi)
-Sip O' Dat (played with Amaretto, red wine, a stiiifff rum and coke, and a bottle of ...

Didn't sleep all that well on the overnight train. Maybe it was the Jagermeister. Or maybe it was just being in a car with strangers stretched out beside you. In any case, we arrived in Zurich and caught a train called the Golden Rail which took us through the mountains and into Montreux. It was ...

Another Switzerland day trip - Milan seemed too far for a day - so we picked this pretty little village up in the mountains instead. Climbing up high over the town there were gorgeous views over Lake ...