After at least a decade of general and unmotivated yearning and seven months of real saving and planning, my baby and I have arrived in Europe for an 11 night vacation. We begin our adventure in Lausanne, Switzerland, home of the Olympic Headquarters. While in Lausanne we will visit the Montreux Jazz Festival, sip some real Evian water and take a dip in the therapeutic Baths of Lavey. To view the galleries of our vacation pics, visit our homepage on SmugMug.com.
Following three lovely nights at the gorgeous Angleterre & Residence in Lausanne, we depart for a 3 night stay in bustling, fashionable Milan, Italy. While in Milan, we'll meet up with some good friends who are currently touring in Paris, take in the sights, eat, sip espresso, eat, hit at least one disco, eat, and then with great excitement we will go to a Pat Metheny Group concert! Two of us are really big Metheny fans and one of us (yours truly) likes most of their songs. The only other time I've seen PMG live is July 1998 when John and I visited Seattle. We were living in Idaho at the time and we caught them at the Pier on a quintessentially perfect summer's day. (Yes, it is rainy or misty for about 9 months of the year in Seattle, but when summery finally comes, the bright cloudless skies will take your breath away.) Metheny fans are special people. Together we sings songs that have no words. And the experience is magical.
After Milan, John and I will make a quick one night excursion to the lakeside Swiss town of Locarno which sits on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore along the Italian border. We will lose our minds and dance our butts off in Locarno at the Moon and Stars Music Festival. Our event of choice: a JAMIROQUAI concert. We've been fans since they started recording nearly 20 years ago. I keep pinching myself that I get to see them in concert at an outdoor festival in a Swiss town square (piazza).
The final site of our holiday will be the French Riviera. My love and I have booked a 3-night stay in a 1 bedroom apartment in the Carre d'Or (Golden Square) section of Nice, France. Our plans while in Nice include chilling on the beach in Antibe, cruising through Monaco (just because) and soaking up the local flavors at the open-air markets and cafes.
We'll wrap up our getaway with a quick easyJet flight from Nice to Geneva, a one night stay in Geneva and an early morning flight back to the USA. While we're on this journey, we will take lots of pics and try to post a few more blog entries. We hope our friends and family enjoy the posts and pics.
i hope u have a wonderful time char.
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