Switzerland

Three nights and two days in Geneva, Switzerland!  Don was appointed to be on the board of WABC (World Association of Basketball Coaches) and the headquarters is in Switzerland.  Don had two days of meetings and I had two days of sightseeing.  Don lined up a tour guide for me and we had two full days.

Our hotel

Don had two days of meetings at the WABC headquarters

Day 1:  Tours of two cities - Geneva and Lausanne

We took the train to Lausanne first, 41 miles northeast of Geneva on Lake Geneva.  Home of the Olympic Museum and the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Switzerland's largest church.

Geneva
The birthplace of Calvinism and the International Red Cross and the home to the European headquarters of the United Nations.  Geneva is on the west tip of Lake Leman (Lake Geneva)

Day 2:  A hired driver took Maria, my tour guide and I to a chocolate factory, a cheese factory, a medieval village with castle and to the far east side of Lake Geneva to Montreux with the Chateau de Chillon castle.  Fabulous Day!

Cailler - Chocolate factory

Off to the Cheese factory in Gruyeres.  It's more than its namesake cheese.  It's a charming village with beautiful views and Chateau de Gruyeres.

Gruyeres

Off to Montreux famed for the nearby lakeside Chateau de Chillon.  An awe inspiringly pictureque 12th century castle that rears out of the water. 

This area is called the Swiss Riviera.

perched on a rock in Lake Geneva

In Montreaux

Leaving Montreaux - vineyards on the mountain sides.