Saturday excursion from Geneva

My hotel was right across from the train station (and well oundproofed. Great, central location, lousy view) and my flight back to Vienna wasn't until late Saturday evening, so off it went down the lake to Lausanne (former winter Olympics host city) for a walk about (damn cold! Incredible biting wind. Hopped back on the next train) and then on to Montreux, home of the annual jazz festival.

France is across the lake, and it's a lovley area. Miles of terraced hills of vineyards, all golden brown fall colours. I can imagine how busy it must be in summer. This time of year, it was just cold. Had a great lunch by the lake, walked around a bit, briefly considered taking a boat across to France, then thought better of it since I'm still trying to get over the cold I caught on my last boat ride outside Salzburg.

One week today and I'm off the US for two weeks of meetings, then home for a week! I see a late Thanksgiving / early Christmas turkey dinner in my future...