We made it! Time to explore the city.

Coming from gloomy Vienna, we delighted in the sunshine, and the balcony of our new home. Since it was still early and we were starving, we headed into the nearest town Vevey and were quickly feeling the Switzerland pinch and gasp...ouch, it's so expensive. But everything was so pretty, and there was so much sunshine, it was hard to care too much.

We spent too long looking around, and missed out on the lunch hour. Can't say I'm a fan of these strict eating times. Especially since there were enough tourists around to merit serving food at all hours.

It slowly became clear that we were to be denied the experience of traditional Swiss fondue on our first night. We hung around in bars until the appropriate hour for dinner(7 pm, grr so hungry), with a quick snack of waffles and crepes on the lake as the sun set.

The Rex cinema has an adjoining restaurant and the food was mm mm mm. We were lucky to get a table. It was absolutely slammed. I look forward to eating there again.