May 2015 - Lake Geneva, Switzerland
We took a trip out from Geneva to visit the area around Lake Geneva. We saw a couple castles and went for a several hour hike through the Lavaux vineyard terraces along the lake.
We took a trip out from Geneva to visit the area around Lake Geneva. We saw a couple castles and went for a several hour hike through the Lavaux vineyard terraces along the lake.
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| Lake Geneva | The Castle Aigle (possibly founded by the same founders of the Castle Aaargh) | |
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| The castle courtyard | ||
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| Now that's a big keg! | Beautifully painted interior walls | |
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| A beautiful castle in the mountains | ||
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| Overlooking the surrounding vineyards | Vineyards climbing up the mountain | Me and the castle |
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| Castle Aigle | Castle Chillon, literally on the lake | |
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| A moat and a bridge. I love that in a castle. | Inside the castle | |
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| Beautiful gothic hallways | 15th century Christian art, which I love | An old crypt chapel |
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| This chevron pattern was unfortunately all throughout the castle | A coats of arms room | Sir Sturler, Lord of Suburbia, whose emblem is the fierce White Picket Fence |
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| The beautiful chapel ceiling | Me taking the previous picture | Still guarding the highway after hundreds of years |
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| A duck patrolling the moat | A snake near the castle | |
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| Castle Chillon | The mountains across the lake | |
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| The lakeside near the castle | Walking through a cute village off the lake | |
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| A village on the lake | Hiking through the Lavaux vineyard terraces | |
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| A lot of vineyard! | ||
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