When breakfast was done we did one last room check and then took our bags and sheets downstairs to check out. Once checked out we moved on to the basement and gathered our food. We locked our bags in the nearby day lockers since it was only 10am and our train left around 1pm.
To waste some time we decided to go across the river and play some mini-golf. The hostel visitor cards we were given at the start of our stay provided a free game. The mini-golf course was not very impressive. The holes were rather simple, mostly straight. However, some were rather strange. One had a ramp that would launch the ball into the air. It would skip across the grass and land in a circular putting "green".
You can see the weird hole in this image:
Here is Mary attempting to get a hole in one:
The slow paced mini-golf brought us 45 closer to our train departure. The walk to and from the hostel brought us even closer. To extend our walk back we took a detour into a swanky watch & jewelery store. The hostel visitor card indicated that we could get a free gift from here. The store gave us some free tourist tea spoons. The spoons are actually a much higher quality than the ones we got free in Luzern. From here we headed back to the hostel to have a break and then collect our bags.
We got some water, and then noticed that someone had not collected their beer from the fridge. The beer did not have a label on it and had been sitting there for two days. Jeff opened the can and split the beer between two glasses. It was a 50 cent beer and was better than Molsons/other cheap Canadian/American beer. On a side note, we have seen Canadian et al. in some grocery stores for 2.50fr. per bottle. We finished the beer around 12:25. It was time to go get the train.
We got our packs on and headed out. It was very hot outside. The rain from the previous evening had brought humidity, our first battle with humid air this trip.
We arrived on the train. The trip we decided on was roughly three hours with two changes. We had an hour train ride before the first change, then almost two hours on the train before reaching Montreax. The trip from Montreax to Vivey was six minutes. During the entire train trip Mary listened to her music for orchestra while Jeff tried to take some reasonable pictures.
On the first section of trip the windows opened, here are some of the shots:
On the second section of the trip the windows did not open. Most of the shots were taken from the end of the car where there was much less glare. Here is a selection of images:
On the third section no pictures were taken, it was a six minute trip!
We arrived in Vevey and quickly found a sign for the hostel. We followed it and ended up at the lake shore with no hostel in sight. We must have missed a sign. As Mary started to get stressed out, thinking we were lost, Jeff pulled out the map to the hostel and discovered that we had likely missed a sign. It was a short walk to the large square that is in front of the hostel. We arrived, checked in and were then directed to our room:
Shortly after we had a look at the kitchen, we have an oven! We headed out to the nearby Coop to get some food. Neither of us were feeling like a heavy meal, we had not been on our feet moving for most of the day like we normally are. We settled on a salad with carrot, cheese, tomato, leftover boiled egg, and orange pepper. The salad was dressed with balsamic dressing that we had gotten from the previous hostel. After dinner we sat on the porch for a bit and drank a few glasses (little, tiny juice cups) of red wine. When we finished dishes we had to get started on our next task: figuring out how to make blinds when none exist.
In the end we decided tape a clothes line to the window frame and pin our towels to the line. The towels do a reasonable job keeping the light out, better than some of the hostel drapes we have encountered. Fortunately, we were given towels so we can leave these up during our stay.
Tomorrow, we are likely heading into Guyeres region. There is a show dairy and Nestle chocolate factory that we can tour.
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