Lusanne Switzerland? Anyone Been?

[dannie]

I found out this morning that I have to go to Switzerland for a week. Has anyone been? Any suggestions on things to do?

TIA!

Dannie

[cmyden]

I found out this morning that I have to go to Switzerland for a week.

Should replace 'have' with 'get' :)

Looks like a nice place, here's the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne

Apparently it's in a wine region. Probably some good hiking and biking around there!

[dannie]

^ Yes, I already booked a wine tour of Chillon Castle... just curious to see what else is around :)

[cmyden]

Check out these two lists...

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g188107-Activities-Lausanne_Vaud.html

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Europe/Switzerland/Canton_de_Vaud/Lausanne-691372/Things_To_Do-Lausanne-BR-1.html

[tenth]

Went 13 years ago. I remember the Olympic museum being pretty interesting.

[CMW403]

yeah i went to switzerland a couple years ago. im not sure where the region you are is relative to the Schilthorn, but you have to go see it. you take a gondola up the side of the mountain, amazing view. the one thing that blew me away was how close the cows, chickens, sheep, get to the side of the cliff. they also filmed a james bond movie up there. all around beautiful area

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by dannie
^ Yes, I already booked a wine tour of Chillon Castle... just curious to see what else is around :)

That's what we did too. There's also a boat that goes around the lake which is great!

http://www.cgn.ch/index.php

Also make sure you visit as many cafes along the water as you can haha.

Here's a (crappy) pic from the top of the castle looking down the lake.

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2936/dsc02155.jpg

[CMW403]

go to Gimmelwald!!!