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  Bouveret, Switzerland
Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Hey all,

We've made our way over the mountains into the Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) region of Switzerland. Our last days in Bramans took us up tiny twisty mountain roads with our hosts where we took photos of some of the local fauna and sites.  We took several trains to our lovely new apartment in the town of Le Bouveret, just south of Montreux on Lac Leman.  While the apartment is great, and seemingly ideally located for visiting the sites, the public transportation in and out of here is lacking so we're going to rent a car while we're here. 

However, we have had a few adventures already.  We learned that while everyone who lives here owns a bike, the only person who rents them runs the sailing school... and he only had 3 bikes.  Taking the two without the baby seat, we headed along the shore and managed to cross back into France

Dorthey

.  A few Km from Evian, we stopped to buy some fruit.  Packing produce and no passport, Stopher rode back into Switzerland.  Luckily everyone takes long lunch breaks so there were no customs officers on our way back.  We then headed along the coast towards Montreux, just south of Lausanne.  We rode through farmlands, across the Rhone river, and out to a canal full of cute birds.  We rode a beautiful spit that ran out into the lake and before we had a chance to truly enjoy the view, we realized that some sunbathers had already claimed the spot and were not about to be shamed by tan lines!

We're going to be in Switzerland for about 10 days so are using the posting to catch up on all the fuzzy animal photos.  Switzerland is beautiful, but from what we can tell, shockingly expensive.  Having an apartment and kitchen helps a lot.  We are also maxing out our Eurrail pass and using it to get around where possible.  On the schedule are trips to meet our future home exchangers in Lausanne (Lausanne is our last stop on the trip), and my high school friend Karie in Geneva.  We are going to try to get out to the mountains to do some hiking.  We had grand plans of biking, but paying for the crappy sailor bikes has us rethinking... Ireland will just have to involve sore butts.  We are going to visit the Gruyere cheese factory and castle to sample some local fondue, and spent today visiting some of the many interesting caves in the area

Bramans

.  More about that in the next posting!

So as always, enjoy some animal photos.  Some may be repeats, but most are new.  In about a week, we'll get you caught up with our Swiss adventures. 

We miss you!

-Jamie & Stopher

ps: We just learned that one of the Cinque Terra photos was selected to be featured on Travelpod.  Supposedly it will take a couple months, but we'll let you know when it happens.... 15s of fame here we come!

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Mama!	Ruins	11th Century Church, Bramans	11th Century Church, Bramans
Very friendly chevres	Bouveret Marina	Our View	Funny Money
Lac Leman	Stud Cyclist	Riding across the Rhone	Ducks
Swans aplenty	Ducklings	Baby Swan	Baby deer
Llamas	Baby donkey	Evidence of the last American tourists	Local sunbathers

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