An evening in Montreux

[cerealjoe]

Ah, Montreux. I can see why so many people have picked this town as a place to come for a breath of fresh air. Not that it's that fresh these days with the highway right next door, but it's still rather pleasant. Yep, there is a long list of famous people who used to live there on Montreux' wiki. Even Mannerheim lived there and has a statue. It seems no matter where I go I can't escape Finland!
As for most of the trip to Switzerland, the weather wasn't that great. After we visited the companies on the French side, we came back to the train station in Geneva and took the train to Montreux and I was really afraid that it was going to rain the whole time. Thank goodness the evening wasn't that bad, just windy and dark but not rainy, so it was possible to go for a walk. Montreux and the towns next to it have this long path along the water with loads of flowers and weird statues (right now it's statues based on the Madagascar cartoon, having never seen it, I didn't quite get what the statues represented). (and at one point this post was huge but then I clicked on the wrong button and of course the window closed without saving and therefore there aren't any comments on the photos under the cut. Oh well.
It appears the pidgeons weren't impressed with the weather either.
And of course the best amusement came from these magazines found at the hotel... I don't know just how many Scrabble lovers come by every day!

Comments

[mittelfeld.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, it looks really lovely! I've always associated Montreux with the jazz festival. My sister went to it in the mid-80s (she worked at a Swiss hotel for several months).

[cerealjoe.livejournal.com]

Apparently, yes, it's a huge thing around there. Then again, I can understand why, there are tons of hotels, everything looks lovely and lots of artsy people live there.