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When did this actually happen? February 28, 2016
The weather was quite bad this day, so most of the seismologists refrained from skiing, actually. Instead we became the road-tripping seismologists: we decided to visit Montreux, which is supposed to be very beautiful with a lake view and mountains in the distance, and Gruyère, which is famous for its cheese, of course, and apparently hosts a museum about HR Giger and his art that some of us wanted to visit.
So, let’s start with Montreux. Well, the sad thing was that the weather was pretty crappy in Switzerland as well, so the beautiful lake view with mountain vistas was nowhere to be seen. Pity. It was still nice for a little stroll, though, and it did look very promising, so I should visit again on a clear, sunny day. I think it can be really pretty then. After our winter-stroll, we were all starving and found a very good Chinese restaurant where we had a delightful lunch. So goooood!
The lake view in Montreux: very nice sidewalk, but unfortunately no mountains…
Then, we drove to Gruyère to visit the museum. Apparently this museum is about the guy who designed the art work for the movie Alien (which I haven’t seen) and in this museum you can see all his other art.
Good things about Gruyère: the village turned out to be a Medieval village that is a touristic place because it’s so beautiful. So the village was very cute and in between mountains. Also, they have a local speciality of meringues and cream that is absolutely delicious! I wish I could go back only for that!
Pretty castle village!!!
Look at it. Just look at it. Even though it’s hazy, it is still so pretty!
Bad things about Gruyère: The museum was absolutely disgusting! This is so not my type of art. I actually never do well with disgusting things, in the sense that I get easily nauseous when blood or other yuck is involved and this museum had it all and more! Horrifying experience. Not my type of thing. Yuck. Unfortunately, I do now feel obligated to watch this Alien movie (as I’ve seen all the art now anyway), but I really, really don’t want to. Maybe on a sunny day at 13:00h to prevent nightmares. Maybe…
So, all in all, day 2 of the ski-weekend involved slightly less skiing, but was quite fun nonetheless. I saw a lot more of Switzerland in any case. I am already looking forward to the skiing weekend next year!
The weather was quite bad this day, so most of the seismologists refrained from skiing, actually. Instead we became the road-tripping seismologists: we decided to visit Montreux, which is supposed to be very beautiful with a lake view and mountains in the distance, and Gruyère, which is famous for its cheese, of course, and apparently hosts a museum about HR Giger and his art that some of us wanted to visit.
So, let’s start with Montreux. Well, the sad thing was that the weather was pretty crappy in Switzerland as well, so the beautiful lake view with mountain vistas was nowhere to be seen. Pity. It was still nice for a little stroll, though, and it did look very promising, so I should visit again on a clear, sunny day. I think it can be really pretty then. After our winter-stroll, we were all starving and found a very good Chinese restaurant where we had a delightful lunch. So goooood!
The lake view in Montreux: very nice sidewalk, but unfortunately no mountains…
Then, we drove to Gruyère to visit the museum. Apparently this museum is about the guy who designed the art work for the movie Alien (which I haven’t seen) and in this museum you can see all his other art.
Good things about Gruyère: the village turned out to be a Medieval village that is a touristic place because it’s so beautiful. So the village was very cute and in between mountains. Also, they have a local speciality of meringues and cream that is absolutely delicious! I wish I could go back only for that!
Pretty castle village!!!
Look at it. Just look at it. Even though it’s hazy, it is still so pretty!
Bad things about Gruyère: The museum was absolutely disgusting! This is so not my type of art. I actually never do well with disgusting things, in the sense that I get easily nauseous when blood or other yuck is involved and this museum had it all and more! Horrifying experience. Not my type of thing. Yuck. Unfortunately, I do now feel obligated to watch this Alien movie (as I’ve seen all the art now anyway), but I really, really don’t want to. Maybe on a sunny day at 13:00h to prevent nightmares. Maybe…
So, all in all, day 2 of the ski-weekend involved slightly less skiing, but was quite fun nonetheless. I saw a lot more of Switzerland in any case. I am already looking forward to the skiing weekend next year!
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