Lazy, Rainy Sunday

Sunday, July 06, 2008


Well, despite our best intentions, we are too tired to get up early today. Mark thinks he may be coming down with a cold, and it’s raining outside. In other words, it’s a perfect day to be lazy. We finally get ourselves moving by 9am and drag Lauren out for breakfast, a trip to the farmer’s market and the Migros for some groceries. We really enjoy ourselves—the Crepe restaurant we selected was expensive, but the crepes were amazing.

Savory Crepe

Farmer's Market in Ouchy

Afterwards we wandered our way through the farmer’s market to select some fruits, cheeses and bread to take along on our trip to France tomorrow. We select a nice fresh loaf of bread and some Gruyere and Asiago cheeses. Next we go to the Migros (Swiss version of a supermarket) and pick up some meats, water and snacks for the bus. So far we’ve learned the bus rides are far longer than scheduled, so its best to be prepared.

Today is laundry day! Despite our desires to be jet-setters, we still need to do laundry!

Large Stone Sculpture in Montreux

Mark and I rest for a bit and then decide we’ve hung out long enough and head out to Montreux to see what’s happening at the Jazz festival, their 42nd annual. It’s still raining, but we don’t care—the train ride was beautiful and so is Montreux. We look around, do some browsing through the different vendor carts set up, and look for the free Jazz that should be playing outside. We find eventually and are fortunate to hear the USA big band from Texas. They’re really good. After awhile it starts pouring and we decide to head inside to the Jazz club. Unfortunately no band will be playing while we’re in town, but we decide to have a glass of wine and relax for a bit. A great end to a fun, relaxing day.

Kathe's new car--a SMART car:)

Mark and a Jazz Legend