Anniversary Trip

Last week, Elaine and I celebrated our tenth anniversary. We'd planned to do something special for it since some anniversaries have gone by without so much as a meal out, so we arranged to get away for two nights. Elaine wanted to stay somewhere that she could see a lake and hills from our room, suggesting Ullswater or Windermere as possibilities. Being somewhat a little more adventurous and never missing any available opportunity for such a venture, I booked somewhere that did indeed have a view of a lake and hills. In this case, the lake was Lac Léman (or Lake Geneva) and the hills were the French Alps.

We stayed in a lovely little village near Vevey in amongst the vineyards. Having only one full day, I was determined not to rush Elaine about the country but to take it easy and drift about the immediate area at a leisurely pace. Unfortunately, we failed utterly on this and ended up heading over a couple of passes, but it was great fun and better than being middle-aged Brits looking vacantly in shop windows, tut-tutting at the prices.

I've never been to Switzerland outside of summer and it was interesting to see it in another season, although I was expecting a bit more snow, especially up in the mountains. One day, I hope to see it in full winter glory but on this occasion, we made do with  cold, overcast post-winter conditions.