Day 1 – Vevey

It was a beautiful route today. We started by walking along the lake, then we moved up into the vineyards. There were cute villages sprinkled in along the whole walk. At the end, the route went right past Nestle’s headquarters. No chocolate out front, unfortunately.

We thought it would be a flat route but we ended up with over 1000 feet of vertical climbing. We’re both very tired. Thankfully, drinks and dinner revitalized us. We’re ready for Day 2.

Q: What do you think of Switzerland?

Of course, it’s beautiful, but Scott captured it best when he said “It’s so orderly.”

The trains are on schedule to the minute. We see no litter. Even the construction sites seem contained and organized.

Scott, is an engineer, and it’s the perfect society to him. If you’re a little more Bohemian than Scott, it might not charm you as much, but you can’t argue with the fact that it’s beautiful and people seem genuinely happy here.

Our starting town of Lausanne is the home of the International Olympic Committee. We walked by the Olympic museum as we left town.
We walked by countless marinas.
Scott sized.
Camino Bill in his element.
A self-service wine dispenser. Leave some cash, take a bottle of wine. They even have a cork-screw and plastic cups for your use. If we had this in the USA, we’d have a lot more walkers.
Puidoux. We walked through several charming towns like this today.
The vineyards are beautiful, but this was an extra nice touch.
After a while, it’s easy to take the great views for granted, but we tried to appreciate the sites all day long.
The vineyards were beautiful, and the mountains seemed to get bigger with every step.
Well deserved beers at the end of our hike.
Here’s a video to give you the flavor of today’s walk.

Today’s Data:

Starting temp: 63

Finishing temp 70 with some drizzles.

12 thoughts on “Day 1 – Vevey”

  2. Bill, your video kind of answers this question, but are there designated walking paths from town to town? The only road work I saw you doing was inside of the villages.

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  4. Beautiful! Great to see you back on the trail, Bill! You’re right about Switzerlnd – orderly, clean, no chaos!

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  6. Thank you so much for sharing your walk! It is so beautiful, and I hope to do this in the coming years. Is it mostly pavement? In France and Spain, it was SO much easier to walk when we weren’t on pavement all day!

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    1. First few days were mostly pavement. As we’ve gotten further into the mountains though, it’s about 50/50.

      It’s a fun route. You’ll enjoy it. Not as many pilgrims though, so harder to make friends.

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