Today, we took a train to the metro and the metro to a ferry, and then a ferry to FRANCE!
It felt so cool and so strange to be in a totally different country in such a short amount of time.
On one side of the boat, there was a Swiss flag . . .
And on the other side of the boat - there was a French flag!
France!
We took this little adventure for two reasons.
The main one being that how cool is it to say you've been to France?!
And two, we were told to go find the Evian fountain . . .
This got funny.
Evian water bottles are a big thing in the US. We heard that the original source was in France and you would have thought we were looking for the original fountain of youth!
This is when we learned that French people do not like Americans. Nor are they helpful or kind.
Rod took this picture to show that we were actually in France!
Behold, the great Evian fountain!
Hahahahaha!
To be fair, it is mineral water and it does come from springs in the French Alps, which are in
Evian-les-Bains, France, which is on the south shore of Lake Geneva.
We definitely just expected something more grandiose.
We filled up our water bottles and enjoyed the water anyway!
It is said to be enriched with a crisp taste!
We wandered the streets for a while and popped in some fun stores.
We found a creperie and all really wanted to try an official French crepe!
To add to our water story, we asked for water at the restaurant (
you have to pay for the water in Europe - it's never complimentary). . .
and they brought us Evian water bottles!
It just made the fountain funnier!
It was the day before Halloween, so our waiter "dressed up."
The crepes and hot chocolate were delicious!
These pictures just show a little more of where we were.
Back to Montreux!
Back in the train station . . .
I know what these are for in the US,
but the train station was so gross that they took on a different feel!
That was a one and done.
We had our fancy Gala dinner at the hotel that night to welcome us to Montreux.
All of us in this picture are from Utah - we did not know each other before this trip though.
We don't get fancy very often, but it was fun to get dressed up!
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