July 19 2017

IMG 20170719 073555 Chris and Robin's apartment in Bern: we love it! IMG 20170719 073612 the view IMG 20170719 083311 the flowers IMG 20170719 105041 UNESCO World Heritage site
IMG 20170719 105104 Clock tower IMG 20170719 105245 arcaded streets IMG 20170719 113748 Einstein's residence IMG 20170719 120711
IMG 20170719 121245 electric buse IMG 20170719 121801 IMG 20170719 122004 the riverside neighborhood of Matte IMG 20170719 122008
IMG 20170719 122045 IMG 20170719 122049 it floods here IMG 1806 Meanwhile back in Lémania we go for a boat ride. IMG 1808 past Vevey and the Chateau de l'Aile
IMG 1810 watching Lavaux slide by IMG 1813 ST-Saph IMG 1818 IMG 1820
IMG 1824 At Ouchy, we commandeered a table inside for our picnic lunch IMG 1825 and coffee IMG 1827 on the way Lausanne to St-Gingolph IMG 1828 half-Swiss, half-French
IMG 1829 the stream's the border IMG 1830 Could you guess this was the Swiss side? IMG 1832 IMG 1833 Dent de Jaman and Rochers de Naye
IMG 8789 the industrial beauty of the steam engine IMG 8791 so clean! IMG 8797 IMG 8803
IMG 8804 IMG 8820 IMG 8807 the island off Villeneuve IMG 8810 dust from the Arvel quarry
IMG 8814 outlet of the Hongrin pump storage IMG 1836 Chillon IMG 1837 Chillon and girls IMG 1841 La Suisse
IMG 1842 with flag IMG 1844 passes Chateau IMG 20170719 150757 HDR Meanwhile in the MItteland, Nikki snoozes... IMG 20170719 151800 HDR profoundly
IMG 20170719 162301 Clearly they noodled around Lausanne before heading to Montreux IMG 8822 while Toni and I went up to Rochers de Naye IMG 8824 Dent de Jaman IMG 8825
IMG 8827 IMG 8828 IMG 8829 Léman IMG 8830 Flowers on the way to the Jardin Alpin
IMG 8831 IMG 8832 Lac de l'Hongrin IMG 8833 Jardin Alpin IMG 8834
IMG 8837 IMG 1846 AFter we all reconvene in Montreux we left for the most popular Chinese site in the region, with the exception of Chillon IMG 1847 A Szechen restaurant right next to the station IMG 1849 Austin and Nikki invited us all to dinner
IMG 1850 Austin studies the menu IMG 20170719 190248 we get ready -the atmosphere was heavy with pepper already IMG 20170719 190703 Trepidation IMG 20170719 190711 a lot of chillies!
IMG 20170719 190716 HDR not too crowded IMG 20170719 191104 IMG 20170719 191128 very crunchy lotus IMG 20170719 191308 very very spicy cauliflower
IMG 20170719 191606 eggplant IMG 1851 Austin was of course a hit with the visiting Chinese for whom this place was a taste of home IMG 20170719 195852 IMG 8839 Stop in
IMG 8840 Back up through Tilleuls IMG 8841 past the Theater IMG 8842 by the fountain