Friends Visit - Day 2 (Part 2)

After arriving in Montreux, we walked around the city and decided to find a lakeside spot to take in the beautiful scenery and enjoy the sunset. In searching for our first spot we actually happened upon some sort of banquet hall that must be used for special occasions such as weddings.

At first we thought it might be a lakeside restaurant, but when we entered there was absolutely no one around. It was actually kind of weird as the doors were unlocked despite being completely devoid of anyone watching over it. Given the beautiful views, we decided to loiter for a bit and take some pictures.

We then made our way to our first true stop – the outdoor restaurant / bar of the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace hotel’s spa (same ownership as the Fairmont in San Francisco). The outdoor area was only a stone’s throw from the water and offered great views of the lake and the French Alps.

We then walked back along the lake and happened upon a very cool little lakeside bar. To be more precise, “bar” is a complete overstatement, while “little” is a complete understatement.

As seen from the pictures, it was basically a couple of tables set up lakeside with a few beers on tap. All of the patrons seemed to be best friends with the owner / server and I’m pretty sure that they were all just a group of buddies that used the bar as an excuse for lakeside property that they could use to hang out.

We decided to stay through sunset as the lakeside location offered perfect views of the setting sun lengthwise across the lake towards Geneva.

As it turned out we were actually treated to two sunsets very unexpectedly. After watching the bright orange sun completely set behind what we thought were mountains in the distant haze, it completely reappeared minutes later and then set encore une fois beyond the actual horizon. As you can see from the pictures, it was beautiful.

Sunset 1:

Sunset 2:

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