Falling behind...

Just wanted to say sorry for falling behind - even if it was only for one town on one day.  Before I forget, you won't be seeing many blog posts during the week. Between having to work (I am here for some reasons), dinner, relaxing, and the fact the Estavayer-le-Lac is a very sleepy town during the week, there's really not much to say.

So catching up....Sunday April 18th, went to Neuchatel, Switzerland.  Got some nice pictures, but unfortunately, it really isn't much of a tourst/picture taking city. Lots and lots and lots of stores, and I get the impression it is more of a shopping area than anything else. Kinda explains why most places were closed or under construction.

Today, was a busy day. Went to Lausanne, which is on Lake Geneva, and close to the area they refer to as the Swiss Riviera.  It was a nice day of walking (a lot of hours) with me and sock monkey. Glad I have him along for company ;)  I'm not going to guess how many miles I walked, it seems like they purposely made all the tourist places as far away as possible.  As you can see from the photos, it is extremely foggy/misty/ashy.  Not sure yet if it is the time of year or the volcano.  Not a lot of people seem concerned so I think it may just be the time of year where the morning mist doesn't get a chance to evaporate.

I didn't really the Olympic Committe was headquartered in Laussanne. Thus the Musée Olympique  (link on wikipedia).  The weather is starting to get really nice, so I'm expecting the photos to get more and more colorful.
 
For my dad, I will soon be creating a 'Cows of Switzerland' photo album on picasaweb.  He's been asking me where the cow pictures are, and I realize that I have been lax in my duties.  Since there are so many, and they are the key industry here (Cheese and Milk and Chocolate) and they are all over the place, I figure it doesn't make sense to mix their pictures in with other pictures.  There are many a cow right near the airforce base (Payerne AFB) that I'm working on, so I'm hoping I'll be able to get some really nice photos.

That's it for this blob post. I think it is officially my longest one :)

Before I forgot, the new albums (Neuchatel, Lausanne) are on my picasa web album.  Here's the link again:

http://picasaweb.google.com/derek.hecht

I'm going to try to get them sorted better.