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Because Freddie and the rest of Queen used to visit Montreux regularly to use the recording studios there and he loved the place. I think it's a lovely tribute and I can see why he loved it there so much, as it is beautiful.
Interesting to know!! I figured there must be some connection.
Wow! You got some great photos on that walk along the lake. Totally stunning. I swear I want to say how great each batch is and then you wow me with the next ones.
Off topic, but Claire had blessing of the pets last Friday at school and Skip always brings a calf up to be blessed. I took a few shots and thought I would share a few with you since you like cows.
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More great photos and loved the ones of "your boys" and Lake Geneva. More great shots of Montreux and looks so beautiful at near sun down!
That was interesting with the Freddie Mercury statue as I've always liked the band. That's a great tribute to him! They were quite popular in the states( you'll always run into a few of their songs each day on radio), but bigger in England. Other British bands like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones also had a thing for Montreux by vacationing there and performing a few historic shows in the town's venues.
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Wow! You got some great photos on that walk along the lake. Totally stunning. I swear I want to say how great each batch is and then you wow me with the next ones.
Off topic, but Claire had blessing of the pets last Friday at school and Skip always brings a calf up to be blessed. I took a few shots and thought I would share a few with you since you like cows.
The calf was not all that thrilled to be there.
Oh those are absolutely adorable! Colour me seriously now!
More great photos and loved the ones of "your boys" and Lake Geneva. More great shots of Montreux and looks so beautiful at near sun down!
That was interesting with the Freddie Mercury statue as I've always liked the band. That's a great tribute to him! They were quite popular in the states( you'll always run into a few of their songs each day on radio), but bigger in England. Other British bands like Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones also had a thing for Montreux by vacationing there and performing a few historic shows in the town's venues.
Indeed... and of course Smoke on the Water was about the fire in the casino at Montreux.
Monday 2 September – part eleven: where else can you get a view like this?
Then we headed into the shopping centre to check out Migros, one of the two main Swiss supermarkets. I knew from my Swiss Watching book that one was filled with foreign goods, and the other has mainly Swiss goods, but I couldn’t remember which way round it was. Well, Migros must be the one with the foreign goods, as that’s what we found there. We did find some sweetcorn – and my goodness, look at the size of it! I guess the Swiss grow theirs big then…
They had a good cheese selection – no surprise there then!
I found some macaroons to take home with us, as well as some chocolate…
… and some of this stuff:
I adore Aromat. My mum got me into this stuff, and my Swiss Watching book tells me that the Swiss created it, which explains everything, as my mum is Swiss. Getting Aromat at home is often a struggle, so I took the opportunity to fully stock up while we were here. Footnote: It’s obviously a happy coincidence that my mum is Swiss and so is Aromat, as when I mentioned this to her, she had no idea it even came from Switzerland!
When we came out of there, we headed to McDonald’s for dinner, and tried out some of the local specialities…
I went for shrimp, while Mark had a side order of chicken wings…
… and I also had a strawberry sundae. I really wish they’d bring these back at home. Don’t get me wrong, I like McFlurries, but I love these too.
We sat by the window overlooking the lake…
What other McDonalds in the world can you get a view like this?
When we were done, we wandered back along the lakefront, getting lots of photos as we did.
I got some postcards, and some stamps to go with them, which I’d been wanting to do for a while…
.. then we finished our walk back to the hotel.
When we got back to the room, the sun was casting some wonderful colours…
We went to take some stuff down to the car, so we didn’t have so much to shift in the morning, and when we came back, the colours the sun was casting had changed totally in just a few minutes…
The weather today was dry and sunny with temperatures in the mid 70s. The best thing today was seeing the cows with their bells and the chateau at Gruyeres. The worst thing today was how sick I felt after tasting all the chocolate. The funniest thing today was were some of the comments at the Cailler Nestle factory. Today we tried going on the Chocolate Train And the result was it was amazing, and I’d recommend it to everyone. The most magical moment today was hearing the cow bells.
Your mention of Aromat is so interesting, especially the fact that your mom loves it. Not only is it made in Switzerland, but it is used widely in South Africa, and I know your mom lived there as well. The parent company is American. I heard of it when reading up for my South Africa trip and always asked in restaurants if it was used because it's mostly MSG, which gives me a headache. Apparently in South Africa it's used a lot by the street vendors-- for fish & chips, for instance. Interesting the odd things that travel teaches you!
What a nice ending to your wonderful day. No, you don't get a view like that from many McDonalds!
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Those views are just beautiful. I wish there was another word I could think of, but just beautiful! Sunsets are amazing! And indeed, not many McD's can provide such a setting.
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I always think it's so much fun to explore grocery stores when I travel. But it is too bad that you didn't find the one with all Swiss things.
That was quite a view from that McDonald's!
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Your mention of Aromat is so interesting, especially the fact that your mom loves it. Not only is it made in Switzerland, but it is used widely in South Africa, and I know your mom lived there as well.
You're right - and maybe that's where she first started to use it. She's visiting this weekend, so I'll have to ask her.
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The parent company is American. I heard of it when reading up for my South Africa trip and always asked in restaurants if it was used because it's mostly MSG, which gives me a headache. Apparently in South Africa it's used a lot by the street vendors-- for fish & chips, for instance. Interesting the odd things that travel teaches you!
Wow, the things you learn!
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What a nice ending to your wonderful day. No, you don't get a view like that from many McDonalds!
I'll keep looking to see if I can find any others with such a good view.
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More great shots of Montreux and looks so beautiful at near sun down! 
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I guess the Swiss grow theirs big then… 
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