The Lausanne Palace Hotel where we are staying provides a wonderful buffet breakfast spread.
Walk down the hill to the station and take a 20 minute train to Montreaux – famous for the Montreaux Jazz festivals. The town is very nice with a loverly lakeside promenade. It feels like a Rivera village and is much more pleasant than
We catch the small cog train up the mountain to Roches de Naye. It is a small old fashion 2-carriage train slowly climbing about 2,000 metres up the mountain passing through the pretty small towns of Glion or Caux. Half way through the journey, we go through a dark tunnel and come out with an amazing snow field surrounding the train. It is an incredible sight and feeling.
At the top there are fantastic views of the surrounding French and Swiss alps. There is a Marmottes sanctuary (like groundhogs) and reindeers are to be seen. Philip swears he has taken a photo of
Return to Montreaux at 4.52 pm and take a bus to Château de Chillon. We were more than prepared to rush through what we thought would be just another castle but were pleasantly surprised with a well preserved 12 century castle.Very interesting and different from other castles we have seen in
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