Well, today’s grand plans went out the (train) window! Yesterday, I wrote about doing that morning yoga routine again, but forgot a very important point … I was catching an early train to Lausanne to see Cooper dance in the Prix de Lausanne!
So there was no time for exercise this morning. Leo dropped me at the train station around 7.30am for my first excursion to Lausanne, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva. The train trip from Bern takes one hour and six minutes. It’s hard to believe I haven’t been here before!
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- Lake Geneva, taken from the train, on the way to Lausanne
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- Vineyards as far as the eye could see
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- The sun teased us
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- A short-lived sunbeam on Lake Geneva
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- There’s a lake out there somewhere
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- Nicole looking gorgeous in her wool coat
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- Lausanne Cathedral
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- A simple but effective material angel in the cathedral
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- The cathedral is part of the Swiss Camino to Santiago in Spain. You can stamp your pilgrim’s passport here
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- This shell is the symbol of the Camino. It’s always lovely to see them, especially on someone’s backpack (to show they’re doing the walk)
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- Haunting but beautiful
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- These, and many other, statues guard an old entrance to the church. It was like they were looking down on you, judging if you were fit to enter!
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- A bit underexposed but you can see the structure clearly
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- The head office of the International Olympic Committee is also in Lausanne
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- The auditorium where we saw some amazing 17 to 19-year-old dancers, including Cooper!
The irony of Nicole (who’s been there for a week) being my tour guide wasn’t lost on either of us.
The city itself is lovely, but it was so cold we didn’t spend a huge amount of time being sightseers. We went to Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts as well, and I really enjoyed many paintings from Felix Vallotton. Our favourite was this mooing cow by Eugene Burnand. The (painted) light on the animal was so clear and amazing.
We then made a mad dash to the auditorium and watched the selections for tomorrow’s finals – only 20 dancers will make it through. Some amazing young talent in that line up, and hopefully Cooper will be chosen. If not, he danced beautifully and will hopefully be snapped up by a dance school or academy.
So my 15 minutes of exercise was done too late tonight, in the office, doing squats and lunges and general movements, using my beloved chickpea tins. My aunt Julie said they should contain hummus by now!
Wishing you a wonderful day.
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What a lovely trip! Thanks for sharing and I have fingers crossed for Cooper. Am now working with a yoga DVD and enjoying it.
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It sounds like you’re really getting into your yoga Freda, and that’s great. I’m beginning to see the sense in it more as well. Finally!
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