Walking through the Lavaux

Last weekend we also had some friends of Linda visiting us from Sweden, Veronica and Johan, and we decided to take them for a walk in the Lavaux wine area above Vevey (it's always motivating having visitors and showing off Switzerland).

It started out a bit grey and rainy but it soon cleared up and we happily strolled through the vines snapping photos and wondering why there wasn't more cafés around.

We walked all the way to Cully where we expected to be able to catch a ferry home but found ourselves in a bit of a ferry drought and eventually gave up and caught a train home.

We took heaps of photos - Linda borrowed my camera and took all the good ones. You can find them all here.

Vevey Festival des Artistes de Rue

Last weekend was the 16th Festival des Artistes de Rue, or the street theatre festival of Vevey. By good luck (or bad depending on your perspective) this is centred around Place Scanavin where were live so we had prime seats from our window.

We watched a few acts both from our windows and from the streets. Some were very good, including some Australian acts which made us proud, although we felt a little guilty watching from our window because it meant we couldn't give the artists money at the end of their acts.

There was also plenty of food on offer in our square so it was handy to duck out for a plate of food, a gaufre (waffle), or a sweet crêpe. It was great fun having it in our square, although as you'd expect it was also nice when it left again - restoring the peace and quiet.

Mont Pèlerin

It's been a really hectic couple of weeks, with friends of Linda coming to visit and buying a car, so I'm a little behind on my blog posts and will try to catch up (with somewhat brief posts) before we fly out to Sardinia this weekend.

A couple of weekends ago we caught the Vevey Funi (Funicular) to Mont Pèlerin above Vevey.

We were going to visit the Plein Ciel Tower located nearby, but the walk there turned out to be further than expected and on the way we got distracted by a lovely bit of forest that we went into to explore.

Finding ourselves heading downhill and reluctant to return, we continued walking down the road towards the lake.

In the end we walked all the way back to Vevey, through the vines of the Lavaux and some of the towns on the way.

The next day our calves and knees were aching from the long downhill walk but we really enjoyed ourselves and we'll try to do it again soon, maybe in Autumn when all the leaves are turning to orange and red.