Two Walks, and Lovely Lake Geneva.

On our last couple of days at Lauterbrunnen, we went for two walks, both of which were lovely but the second one was more spectacular. On Sunday, we took a cable car and train up to Murren, a car - free village in a dramatic and beautiful setting high up in the peaks. On the way, we spotted a lovely walk, and decided that we might try it the next day.

Murren.

After we had explored the village, we went down to some waterfalls inside the mountain, which were not really up to much. Then we decided to walk back to the campsite. It was gorgeous. The sun was shining, and we passed farmers working in the fields. The farms are a bit like they used to be at home years ago, quite small affairs. You often see people in the fields raking up the hay.  To us, it seemed quaint. As I have said, the wild flowers were beautiful. We really enjoyed that walk.
 

Views from the walk.

The next day, we went back up towards Murren, but we didn't get the train; we walked to the village instead. All the way, we had the spectacular mountains on one side, and beautiful flowers on the other. Quite a few of the flowers were local to the region, and unknown to us, but really lovely. It was stunning. We were very sorry to leave such a wonderful place.

The stunning view on our Alpine walk.

Now, as you will know from Facebook, we are staying at Morges by Lake Geneva. Life is more sedate, although the campsite is absolutely packed with young families. The town is quite pretty, with not much to see, but we have been to two markets, and bought our fruit and veg, which has been very enjoyable. The Grande Marche on Saturday was full of atmosphere, and I have included a photo of one of the clowns.

Clown festival and market.

Most days we have our lunch by the lake, where we watch the Black Kites swooping down for fish. We've had some great views of them. It's quite good for birdwatching here.
In the evenings we can walk to a picturesque spot and have a drink at an ice cream stall. It's much nicer than it sounds! It has small tables right next to the lake. It feels like a little bit of heaven.

Lake Geneva.

A view of the Lake.

Old town, Geneva.

We have taken two train trips while we have been here. The other day we went to Geneva. The old town was small, but quite nice, but like everywhere else here, it was very expensive. I hope you like the bike pic, Kathy!

Lausanne Cathedral.

Today we went to Lausanne, again to the old town, which was very small and disappointing. However, the cathedral was impressive, with its soaring, Gothic ceiling. Now that I've read "Pillars of the Earth" and watched lots of old episodes of Time Team, I'm more impressed by the staggering achievement of cathedrals, and a lot more interested than I used to be.

We are heading for France on Tuesday, where we will relax at a nice campsite (we hope), and then head for home. Our adventures are over for this time, so this will be the last blog post for this trip. Looking forward to chatting and Skyping when we get home.