Trots Around | Travels: December 2007

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Gstaad – Switzerland Part 4

Gstaad… the famous village in the expensive mountain paradise popular with the upper class like Europe’s royal households, celebrities…. this is probably one of the most expensive place in the world that doesn’t really impressed me, I meant the village not the surrounding alps.

I love countries that offer secure locker facilities at train station!

Grey Geneva that do no justice to photo taking, so nothing much to share on this CITY.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Gruyères & Vevey – Switzerland Part 3

Gruyères! If you like cheese, you might have heard of Gruyères coz this town is named after their delicious cheese. A bowl of Gruyères cheese dip… drools.

When you don’t have map, you just need to really on road signs.

The medieval town on top of a hill…

Aww..fluffy cat. Nice colour.

Didn’t want to pay to visit its historic castle so I just walked around it… no fun walking on ice.

Vevey

Since Vevey is the town before Montreux (also the HQ of Nestle), I thought I just check it out and stroll back to Montreux by the lake… not sure how long it’ll take and its getting dark. Well I can always hop on any bus that goes in that direction if I’m tired. haha

Old Town

Weird looking tress

I met someone familiar.

Piece of art?

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Rochers De Naye – Switzerland Part 2

Rise early, took a walk along the lake Geneva to Château de Chillon.

This is so convenient!

Worthy walk! I can see Chillon Castle now…. view was fantastic along the way.

nice reflections.

Underground prison.

Ok. So what so great about this place? This was built as early as 9th century to protect one of the main roads to Great St Bernard pass to Italy. But its fame only came when it became the setting of English poet Byron’s “The Prisoner of Chillon” (inspired by François Bonivard who was imprisoned there) when the castle was used as the state prison in the 16th century.