Strolling in Lausanne

Originally, I had planned to go to Annecy on a fine Saturday for a shoping trip. But because I had a tennis game in the early evening, and a dinner later on, I decided against it and opted for Lausanne instead.

Morning flew by as I cleaned the apartment and unpacked some of my summer clothes (very optimistic), encouraging the summer and myself to the warm temperature. It was only about 20C but it felt really comfortable.

Eventually, after a nice chat in the train, we got to destination and started climbing the hilly streets of Lausanne. The buildings are much prettier than in Geneva, and the shops are more varied and cater to all incomes. After a nice hike we stumbled on the cathedral. We followed the right of the building and ended up in really quiet streets with beautiful street details.

And we could get a nice view of the city from the 'place du chateau' next to what remains of the castle. There are many old buildings around that square, and university buildings were converted in offices.

They would not let me drive my car near it though!
But we found our way back to the shop I was looking for (almost the sole purpose of the trip): Nature et decouvertes

N. and I met with S. int he shop, and I got out with only a ladybug breeding kit and a vase. We settled on a late lunch at the Manor restaurant nearby, and rolled down the hill to the lakefront, passing by the town hall, grabbing ice cream and chatting on a bench like longtime friends.  Unfortunately the view of the mountains were blurred by the haze and we missed the last boat for Geneva.

Around 16:00 we saw the runners for the 20km Lausanne run, and could not take the bus to go up the hill to the station, so we took the metro. But before that, the boys convinced me to get the massage cushion and a hammock from the shop...I was not hard to convince, and they were more than happy to go play in the shop again.

So after all, I visited one shop, walked a lot, got drunk on 2 mojitos while watching runners go down the hill and managed to take pictures of the 4 leading runners and the first women.

I didn't get home before 21:00. In fact I decided to stay longer in Lausanne because my tennis partner found someone else to play with, and the dinner got canceled. So I could enjoy a full whole sunny day outside, getting to know 2 really geeky colleagues.