MONTREUX ON LAKE GENEVA, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND AND COWS!

John woke up with the harebrained idea to take a ROAD TRIP through the mountains!  We all met up downstairs, had breakfast, (agreed to his harebrained idea) and hopped in the car and off we drove!  It was a bit overcast, so a scenic car ride was the perfect plan!

Our first stop was a town called Montreux, situated on Lake Geneva, a couple hours drive from Grindelwald.  So, of course, that meant we had to drive through Switchback Alley.  (OHDEARLORD) 

(They told me it was a beautiful drive.)

We turned a sharp corner to this dude, standing in the middle of the road on a scooter, signaling us to STOP!

We stopped.  We waited. We heard something familiar up ahead.  And, lo and behold, can you guess what the hold up was all about?  What we were hearing was the sound of cow bells.  When I leaned out my car window as far as I could, with my camera in hand, all I could see were the rear ends of cows, tails and udders swaying back and forth as they walked down the side of the road. Are you kidding me? Joe explained that they were probably moving the cows from one hilltop to another!  We were witnessing our very own cow parade, bells and all!!!

Finally, after waiting like FOREVER, we drove on and made a much needed potty stop at what ended up being a great place!  It was a gondola stop for heading up the mountain and for paragliders coming down the mountain to land!  We stood and watched for a while and all agreed the day couldn’t have gotten any better!  Oh, and the sun came out and it had turned into another beautiful day!  (I guess crossed fingers really did work!)

We finally reached  Montreux on Lake Geneva.  We wanted to have lunch by the water so we searched for the perfect parking spot, which we found! The lake was breathtaking so, of course, we needed some photos!

The walk along the lake was beautiful with gorgeous flowers all along the way.  We decided on Molino restaurant for a light lunch!  It was the perfect decision!  

(Will you look at that bruschetta!!!!)

On our walk back to the car, we passed by this statue of Freddy Mercury.  Apparently he played several times in Montreux and loved it for its’ beauty, privacy and tranquility.  (We agreed with you, Freddie!)

Back in the car, John plugged in the Olympic World Headquarters into Google Maps and that became our next destination.  It was located in the town of Lausanne, Switzerland!

We opted to take the highway back to Grindelwald which those of us in the backseat thought was a magnificent idea!  We knew, when we spotted this aqua colored lake, that we were almost home!

The four of us had decided earlier in the day that a good steak dinner sounded really good!  Joe Googled it and we chose Barry’s, a restaurant named after a rescue St. Bernard, for our final supper in Grindelwald.  It was DELISH!

John and Joe moseyed down to the bar in our hotel for a nightcap, while Scho and I went to our respective rooms.  After all—it was jammy-up time!  Oh, what a memorable day it had been!  Good night all!  We missed you, Mary and Steve!