Today I went with Emilie to visit her sister Cecile and some others at her sister’s apartment in La Tour-de-Peilz, which about 20 minutes east of Lausanne along Lac Léman. After lunch we went up in the mountains above Montreux to a town called Les Avants. There is a “luge” run there – basically a long road that is closed to traffic so kids (and adults) can sled down it. We went so Cecile’s boyfriend’s sister’s three-year-old daughter could ride a sled down the hill and play in the snow (I tried writing that more efficiently, but couldn’t come up with anything that worked).
To go down the luge run, you have to take a funicular car up a steep hill. Once you get to the top, you have a pretty spectacular view of the eastern end of Lac Léman and the Alps in the background. I unfortunately hadn’t brought my new camera as I didn’t know we’d be making the trip to Les Avants. As a result, all I have in the form of pictures are these two from the camera on my phone. Needless to say, the quality is a bit limited.
The luge run ended up being a lot of fun. I can’t remember the last time I actually went sledding, but I imagine that it must have been nearly twenty years ago. It was pretty funny as there were a lot of little kids (probably around five years old or so) who were flying down the luge run with their helmets on and driving luges that looked more like tiny race cars. I think if I were their age I would have never wanted to leave.
To go down the luge run, you have to take a funicular car up a steep hill. Once you get to the top, you have a pretty spectacular view of the eastern end of Lac Léman and the Alps in the background. I unfortunately hadn’t brought my new camera as I didn’t know we’d be making the trip to Les Avants. As a result, all I have in the form of pictures are these two from the camera on my phone. Needless to say, the quality is a bit limited.
The luge run ended up being a lot of fun. I can’t remember the last time I actually went sledding, but I imagine that it must have been nearly twenty years ago. It was pretty funny as there were a lot of little kids (probably around five years old or so) who were flying down the luge run with their helmets on and driving luges that looked more like tiny race cars. I think if I were their age I would have never wanted to leave.
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