Lausanne

Two words to sum up my day:  Olympics and Cheese.  Anyone who has ever met me will know that I was one happy camper!

I took the train this morning to Lausanne to visit the Olympics Museum.  I arrived early to be able to see the museum and the city, but I ended up spending 7 hours at the museum instead!  The mountains are much closer to the lake in Lausanne than in Geneva, so the skyline is quite stunning.

Morning view over Lac Leman from Lausanne.

The museum was one of the best that I have ever been to.  I'm clearly very interested in the subject matter, but the exhibits were also very well set up. I think my favourite part were the videos they had for each Olympic Games detailing the historical and social climate at the time. They also had many interactive displays, sort of like those at the Ontario Science Centre sports exhibits.  There was also a special exhibit about the Sochi Games, a Russian cultural exhibition, and they were showing the events live all day on the big screen.

The Olympic Museum!

The first flag using the Olympic Rings

At the museum, I ran in to a group of WHO interns on their way back from Montreux.  They had an extra space in the car and were heading back to Geneva for fondue, so I hitched a ride with them. 

The Brazilians love fondue.

We went to Cafe du Soleil, which claims to have the best fondue in Geneva.  It was pretty amazing, I don't think I've ever eaten so much cheese in one sitting. To top it off, we of course had MORE cheese for dessert.  I wasn't so sure about this one, but man was it good!  As Gabriel put it, "I am going to sleep like a fat baby tonight."

Before picture of the merangues a la Gueyere double cream.

After we got at it.