http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Switzerland , South West , Montreux en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:31:27 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:31:27 UTC I have had an incredibly busy two weeks. Last weekend I took a weekend trip to Munich with my friends Brandi and Chen. It was raining the whole time we were there but we still got to experience a lot. After leaving our bags at the hotel we took a metro directly to the city center. All around us was the Christopher Street festival. I guess it happens once every year in Munich and is a reall http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-302377.html Yesterday. the last day of the Eurocup wooh Spain I had brunch at a caf nearby with Mohamed and then took a day trip with him and his friend Fatima to Montreuxfamed because of former residents Charlie Chaplain and Freddie Mercury from Queen as can be seen by my sweet photo attached. Montreux was absolutely beautiful. We had lunch at a local Lebanese place of course and then walked a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-293532.html Viajamos a Suiza en coche desde Espaa. Visitamos Berna Laussane Montreux y Ginebra. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-254847.html After about 14 hours on trains we arrived at Lausanne. An almost instantaneous leap across the platform and our connection is underway along the northern edge of Lake Leman Lake Geneva. We pass through Villeneuve Red Bull Acro Competitions will be here in a month or so on to Montreux past the beautiful Chateau Chillon on the banks of the lake and finally arrive in Aigle around 830am.Acros http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-245786.html 27 febrero 2004English text belowComo estuvo uno toda la noche roncando no tuve el sueo perfecto pero descans ms que suficiente para tener fuerzas y salir de excursin.El tren me llev lago arriba hasta la famosa ciudad de Lausanne famosa porque aqu se encuentra el Comit Olmpico Internacional. Aunque no me interese tanto el deporte el centro de Lausanne est muy bien para subir y bajar c http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-221076.html Les Diablerets The Devil...sounds so scary but is anything but Les Diablerets is a lovely Alpine village nestled in a Valley beneath the 3209m high glacier Diablerets.The glacier has snow all year around for skiing dog sledding and has an alpine coaster which drops you 1000m at the top. This ski community is about a 1.5 hour journey by train from our home in Lausanne but it is actually q http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-202419.html We have spent our last few days in Montreux where the Montreux Jazz Festival has been going on. The festival is a two week long celebration of all different types of music not just jazz. Headliners over the two weeks included Prince John Legend Van Morrison the Pet Shop Boys etc. While we were there we hoped to catch Norah Jones and just possibly the Wu Tang Clan mom's favorite...alwa http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-185317.html By GraceSorry failthful readers. We haven't been updating much. But we've been really busy. We have finals on Friday. Our program ends this Sat July 21. Then its backpacking through Europe for 2 weeks We will be back in the States Aug 5th. Some of the places we plan to visit include Spain for one week we're flying to Barcelona then it's off to MadridItaly Rome Florence and VeniceFrance http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-182883.html On July 2 we went to visit the Castle of Chillon in Territet I think it is in Territet and I think that is how you spell it which sits right on by Lake Geneva. Territet is the city right next to Montreux. It was raining again that daz whats new and we basically were told that we couldnt go if it rained cuz we were supposed to make a 15 min walk from the funicular station. The funicular i http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-178879.html CHEEEEEEEEESEnbspEurope raquonbspSwitzerland raquonbspMontreaux By StephGracElaineJune 28th 2007 Alright...so finally we have an entry devoted to cheese. hahah. Yesterday was semirainy and Elaine and Grace went on a Montreux adventure in the morning while I was in class. They were on the hunt for clothes. hahah But they can tell you their story. We all took the bus to the Cheese F http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-174624.html So REALLY.. how goodlooking are the ppl in SwitzerlandBonuses of living in Switzerlandit's a huge melting pot so you get ppl who speak French German and Italian.. or all hotppl come from all over to visit and study here and most of them speak Englishsetting off the fire alarm means that firefighters and policemen will come tall blond and handsome.. seriously men are not the same as http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-173965.html Day 2 PicturesnbspEurope raquonbspSwitzerland raquonbspMontreaux By StephGracElaineJune 25th 2007Day 2 Rainy day but still beautiful.. Classes... Montreux city tour... Formal Swiss Dinner 3 courses P...La Manche BarFunny of the day while under the influence..Grace Look BLOOBS she meant to say blobs lt3 A very happy Elaine http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-173527.html switzerland home of amazing sights food and air and juicy fruits we arrived in zurich switzerland at around 900 AM switz is 9 hours ahead of ca time. the airport was sooo efficientthere was no wait AT ALL craaazy. at a cell phone service counter we got sim cards calling cards etc. euro travel tip go to your cell phone carrier at least 5 days in advance. give them a slight http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-172987.html We are actually righting this entry about 1 month after the fact but will keep the entry dates true to our travels for our own records. We have copped a little abuse about why we have taken so long to create new updates but it's basically because we didn't want to sit in internet cafes all day when the weather and sights were so beautiful. We are now back in UK and the weather is crap so it http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Montreux/blog-81522.html