After a leisurely breakfast with Andy and Chantel, that included a stop at a coffee shop with WIFI, we took a drive around the lake. Andy found the small lakefront house where Mary Shelly wrote some pages of Frankenstein (as the sign proclaims); Lord Byron and his entourage stayed nearby where he wrote The Prisoner of Challon after seeing the medieval fortress.
Mary Shelly house on the lake front:
Andy and Chantel:
Yvoire, a town founded in Roman times, was the next stop, a very picturesque town with a large marina and many shops. We had lunch overlooking the lake and wandered around the town.
Hotel duPort – great lunch!
Fall festival mascot:
It's no wonder artists were inspired by its blue water reflecting the Alps.
Andy and the mime:
Looking down the lake:
We continued around the lake to Montreux at the far end and stopped for a coffee. It's a historic town that has added modern hotels and shops.
Voltaire castle:
On the ride back to Geneva we went past CERN, the atomic lab that just measured the speed of a particle faster than the speed of light. Wonder where that knowledge will take us?
When we got back home, a neighbor from NZ came over. He's an interesting guy who works for an oil company and has been in Geneva for the last 30 years.
When we got back home, a neighbor from NZ came over. He's an interesting guy who works for an oil company and has been in Geneva for the last 30 years.
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