All in attendance: Kehl Roommates - Pat, Tom, Gordon and Kristen!
Pat and Tom began their jobs at ABB in May 2011 for a one year contract. Gordon started in June and I started in August, both at Alstom. This Saturday Swiss adventure just might be our last one together as roommates.
Neuchâtel is in the French speaking region of Switzerland and just 21 CHF away from Baden with our halbtax. It's a small town of some thirty thousand people (but still twice the size of Baden). It was a march to the town center from the train station where we found lots of people out and about basking in the Saturday sun.
We went up toe the castle of Neuchâtel which had more scaffolding on it than was pleasant. It does sit on top of a hill which gave us a nice view of the Swiss town, including a glimpse of the Eglise Rouge in the distance. It was a sunny-blinding day which makes for horrible pictures but pleasant warm weather.We also sat by the benches along the Lake of Neuchâtel to eat our lunches and for me to eat a really big grapefruit I bought in the outdoor market.
Off to Lausanne for 12.50CHF and just over 40 minutes on a direct train. We didn't go see the Lausanne Cathedral but instead opted to drinking beers and sun bathing by the breath taking Lake Geneva. The fog obscured the stunning Swiss mountains just enough to add a surreal beauty to the whole episode.
Unfortunately no boats were running that day to Montreux so we boarded a train yet again. We passed by really playful topiary art installations, a statue of Freddie Mercury and walked all the way to the Château de Chillon and took a "roommate picture" that will hopefully hang on the fridge in our apartment for interns to see for years to come.
We had dinner in a pub where we paid more than appropriate for simple burger and fries and then took gleis7 train connections home.
