Blogs from Montreux, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 3

By: Grace Sorry 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 Madrid Italy: Rome, Florence, and Venice France: Paris then back to Zurich, Switzerland for our flight back to the US. bittersweet =( a tiny update of our life in switz: Olympic Museum in Lausanne Saturday, July 14. Field trip to Lausanne. We visited the Olympic Museum, then rather than going pedalboating/swimming in Lake Geneva, we were lured in to shopping. I am quite satisfied with my purchases from H&M and Zara ... read more

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- what´s new? and we basically were told that we couldn´t go if it rained cuz we were supposed to make a 15 min walk from the funicular station. The funicular is basically a cable car that goes diagonally down the mt from the Glion station to Territet that comes every 15 min. The train, on the other hand, comes every 30 min. and kinda winds more and takes you to the heart of Montreux. Luckily, our program assistants ended up driving us from the station to ... read more

CHEEEEEEEEESE!!! Europe » Switzerland » Montreaux By StephGracElaineJune 28th 2007 Alright...so finally we have an entry devoted to cheese. hahah. Yesterday was semi-rainy 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 Factory! First we watched a super boring video presentation on how their cheese was made, and it seemed like the most important factor to their cheese was that the switzerland happy cows eat fresh grass and flowers only. Therefore the cheese has some special floral aroma - hahaha. (Even though the cheese smelled... read more

Day 2 Pictures Europe » Switzerland » Montreaux By StephGracElaineJune 25th 2007Day 2: Rainy day, but still beautiful.. Classes... Montreux city tour... Formal Swiss Dinner (3 courses ;P)...La Manche Bar Funny of the day (while under the influence..): -Grace: "Look BLOOBS!!" (she meant to say blobs -__-") 3 A very happy Elaine ... read more

Geo: 46.488, 6.7898Bought some yogurt for breakfast - pomegranate - goooooooood! Almond yogurt - gooooooood! Off to the train station. Walked through a week-end market on the way. Too bad I had no time to browse - it looked pretty good. Grabbed a great sandwich for the train - chicken cutlet, served in an excellent, crisp cheese bun. Heavenly ... until I bit into the centre filled with curry sauce. Curry sauce seems to be a favourite in German regions. It actually wasn't that bad, but I prefer it without. Rode on a nice double-decker train with couches, tables, and sofas - positively luxurious! The Swiss countryside was bathed in fog today - it's funny because fog would normally dull its appearance. But today, it actually enhanced its beauty. Off to the French-speaking region of Switzerland. ... read more