So you thought that was all you’d see of Switzerland? Oh NO! Think again. Our Swiss adventures continued. After a very rainy Monday, we had lovely weather on Tuesday so we took the train to Montreux, which is known for its music festival, it’s very expensive shops and the amazing castle, Chateau de Chillon. Oh and also the minor details that on the lake and has beautiful mountains all around and I don’t think there’s an unattractive view anywhere. But I digress.
Mike and I went on the castle tour. Talk about the Swiss being organized. You get a pamphlet which has 46, yes 46 points of interest on it. In addition most of the rooms had additional information as well as some pull out photos. We did that castle. We went up tiny stairs, we went down tiny stairs, we went through the dungeons, we went through the clock tour. All in all we walked around about 2 to 2.5 hrs until I was passing out. Needless to say, we saw the castle.
- Mike and I in front of the lake and the mountains in Montreux
- Shot of the castle- it was ideally located as there’s a lake on one side- obviously- and there are steep mountains behind. People had to pass through it to get by, so they were able to extract taxes and keep the roads safe for ‘a small fee’. Ah extortion! But it looks so much fancier when you have a super cool castle!
- Another angle of the castle
- Some of the art on the walls- note the fierce bears and the very thick walls- it was FREEZING in there. I’m sure it’s lovely in summer though…
- Shot of the dungeons. The very famous Byron poem about a François Bonivard was written after he saw this dungeon and imagined his plight- he also said it was below the water level and damp, it really wasn’t, but hey, artistic license…
- Fireplace with the walls painted to look like it did in the 1300’s. And let me tell you, they needed those fireplaces….so cold!!!!
- A little something for the Queen fans our there- the Freddy Mercury statue. He did some recordings there, and the city is very fond of him- he still gets flowers!
- Shot of the streets of Montreux.
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