Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together (or at least two out of three)
The morning of our only full day in Lausanne, we decided to again hit El Gato and couple this with a stop by Starbucks--which had been absent from our lives for almost two weeks at this point! Wednesday mornings are market mornings in Lausanne's old town, which made the streets even more picturesque. The food menu at this Starbucks included Birchermuesli, to my delight, and I learned that in Lausanne, I am "Yann." Coffee and gluten free croissants--yum! We decided to walk--uphill--to the Lausanne Cathedral, passing by this cool outdoor space attached to an apartment building. Note the distance between our position on the bridge to the cathedral and the street below. Now, imagine pulling a 40 pound suitcase as you walk that distance across the cobblestones to the right. Feel the burn. Lausanne Cathedral anchors its old town and is built on one of the highest points, as the view from the road demonstrates. From this vantage point, you can also see how graffiti artists ...