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Visiting Freddie

Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Sunday, July 8, 2012

No mountains today - I promise.

I awoke to the sound of rain and retreated to the kiosk for breakfast. A good coffee and a dreadful croissant - 6€!

Loving the quiet lakeside park and loving Switzerland! Real toilets with real toilet paper - and soap and paper towels. Waiters that aren't crabby and drivers who stop at pedestrian crossings.

I have decided to have a day off the bike and rest my body - particularly the poor tendons in my hands from all the downhill braking.

The rain cleared pretty quickly so I went into town and wandered along the waterside. The Jazz Festival spectators hadn't woken so the quayside was practically deserted.

I've come here to visit Freddie Mercury - as I am quite a fan. As I was standing there taking photos, a young American girl, Michelle, asked if I would take her photo. We got chatting and she's very much a Queen fan and knew all the goss about the band and the memorial day etc.

I had lunch in a lovely café on the main drag - all you can eat buffet. By this time all the tourists had roused themselves so I retreated to Vevey which was beautifully quiet. I visited the Alimentarium - The Food Museum! Excellent exhibits.


 

See - no mountains
See - no mountains
Blue sky breaking through
Blue sky breaking through
My Office
My Office
Love these vans
Love these vans
CWC support vehicle
CWC support vehicle
Empty market
Empty market
Overloaded
Overloaded
Still no mountains
Still no mountains
Freddie
Freddie
Freddie
Freddie
Jazz instruments
Jazz instruments
Paragliders
Paragliders
The crowd awakes
The crowd awakes
Chillon Castle
Chillon Castle
Vevey church
Vevey church
A fork
A fork
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
I forget who this is
I forget who this is
Alimentarium
Alimentarium
Ginger bread man
Ginger bread man
Supermarket exhibition
Supermarket exhibition
Old tin signs
Old tin signs
Check out the Camping Chocolate
Check out the Camping Chocolate
Sugar collection
Sugar collection
Sugar cube collection
Sugar cube collection
Sugar cube collection
Sugar cube collection
Creme pot collection
Creme pot collection
Drink can collection
Drink can collection
Old Coke bottles
Old Coke bottles
New Coke bottles
New Coke bottles
Sardine collection
Sardine collection
Old pots
Old pots
Vertical garden
Vertical garden
Made from Reo
Made from Reo
Sunset
Sunset
Freddie's sunset
Freddie's sunset
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