Switzerland, with a bit of Paris on the side

[emmaco]

So, Switzerland. This isn’t really a country I had at the top of my list of places I must see, but when I was idly surfing the Rail Europe site (as one does) and saw the good rail connections to Geneva (and then to Venice…the original trip idea morphed somewhat) the idea of dancing around mountain meadows eating cheese and chocolate started to

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[jamarattigan]

What gorgeous photos! I'm jealous. Thanks for sharing.

[emmaco]

Thank you!

[breathingbooks]

Gorgeous photos! Thanks for posting.

[emmaco]

No worries :)

[checkers65477]

Breathtaking! What lovely scenery. I've been to some of those places and remember those same cows!

The marmot looks a little like our ground hogs/woodchucks.

The waterlilies aren't my favorite Monets, either, but the colors are beautiful, aren't they? Remind me again--what is that painting that you use in your icon?

[emmaco]

Wow, you recognise the actual cows? :)

Good spotting re mamots/groundhogs!

The picture is Renoir's La Liseuse (the reader in case you too don't speak French). I love how happy and absorbed the woman looks.

The eight paintings in l'orangerie are a series showing the colours and light from dawn to dusk, so they have lots of gorgeous colours.

[generalblossom]

Switzerland is its own thing - besides really truly being that chocolate box pretty and clichéed like, it can be fascinating to observe ( like seeing all those campaigns canvassing votes for this or that in the next voting period...). But I obviously never walked enough there, maybe one day!

And hey I did that train geneva to venice once ( the train went on to belgrade theoretically, also an alluring prospect, it´s some carriages which get towed to santa lucia), I got to venice station at 7 am all tired and bleary, you walk out that door and are the grande canale at dawn, everything oh so quiet. it was amazing!

[emmaco]

I find the Swiss system of government very interesting, even if I find it hard to remember there are a couple of dozen regions in such a small country!

It's funny you say chocolate box pretty, I thought the same and also that some scenes looked like jigsaw puzzle pictures :)

The train to Venice is still definitely on my list, it was only 25 pounds when I looked so isn't too expensive and sounds lovely! Belrade too, hmmm, maybe a whole trip is planned out right there :)

[jade_sabre_301]

your pictures. I am so effing jealous of your camera. WHY MY CAMERA WHY ARE YOU NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS EMMA'S CAMERA. C'est triste.

Ah, je suis très heureuse que tu aimais Paris! I can't wait to go there. And I think you might have convinced me to do Switzerland for my four-day break. It will be freezing, but HOMG PRETTY.

Also I am v. excited to know I am not the only person who takes pictures of cows.

[emmaco]

Thanks :) I keep eyeing off newer cameras so it's nice to get compliments for the current aging one!

We drove, but it was obvious that Switzerland is really easy to get around by train, you can get up and down all mountains etc by public transport too.

I also have a large collection of photos of sheep :)

[talisen]

Thanks to New Zealand / England for all those sheep photos ;) Although I must admit to having taken a few of them myself.