August 17, 2006
Lausanne Day 3 (or It's Good To Be The King)
Every evening a storm moved through town, so we took a peddle boat ride on Lac Leman this morning (the night before the wind was blowing so hard the lake was covered in whitecaps). I had a wonderful time on the lake, only in part because I didn't do any peddling. The frame of the seat was just a tiny bit too small for the frame of my body, so when I got in gravity got me through it, but I was only going to get out once, which meant no changing seats to the front where the peddles were. Luckily a strapping young lad was at the dock to pull me back though on the dismount, which I was able to stick. No matter how hard we tried (my contribution was mainly moral support) we couldn't run down the gulls floating on the lake.
COME SAIL AWAY
COME SAIL AWAY
COME SAIL AWAY WITH ME
After our morning's exertions, we made the Fruit of the Murphy Loins happy and actually drove the car somewhere, namely down the lake just past Montreux to Chillon Castle. They use a lot of rock in building a castle, and we saw the castle from its raw rock roots to the fine stone work in its highest tower. We also saw a couple of original bathrooms -- a board with two holes which hung high over the lake. No EPA to worry about in the twelfth century A.D. I wanted to say "bombs away" but worried that people might misinterpret me, so I'm sharing it with you instead. I think it was because the Fruit were so overjoyed at going for a car ride and not having to walk that they would later say that this was their favorite day on vacation - or at least their favorite castle.
CHILLON CASTLE IN FULL
BRINGS NEW MEANING TO HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE BOYS
THIS HAS TO BE THE NICEST LOCATION FOR GIFT SHOP ON THE PLANET
LOOK HONEY, A WALK IN FIREPLACE. I WOULDN'T BE COLD WITH ONE OF THESE BABYS
SLICES, DICES, AND MAKES JULIENNE CARROTS OUT OF THE BURGUNDIANS
WE CALL THIS THE BRADY BUNCH ROOM BECAUSE IT WAS SO GROOVY
THAT'S A LOT FURTHER THAN IT LOOKS
BOMBS AWAY!
And as always we finished up the evening with a trip down to Ouchy, although we did manage to pick a different place to eat. This time, no Chateau between us and the water.
