Swiss Post #13: Montreux

While down in the French part of Switzerland I made plans to visit my very good friend Cornelius who I hadn’t seen in a couple of years. I had a very small window of time available and was thrilled when Cornelius said he could meet.

Montreaux seemed to be the geographically logical place and the Hotel Eden was our rendez-vous spot.
When Cornelius left Hollywood to move back to Geneva he had more than just his foot in the door to the whole movie/script writing industry so it was hardly ironic when he ended up living in the guest house of Yul Brynner’s widow. The widow, who’s name I believe is Kathy, lives in Paris, is in her early 70′s and works at Dior. You may or may not know that Yul Brynner was an avid photographer and another of his photography books will be published this Spring.

The Hotel Eden where Cornelius and I had tea and started to catch up. We then went on to a great little Italian/Seafood cafe where I had a local dish of endive wrapped in proscuitto – unusual and delicious!

View of the Lake of Geneva from the hotel. We walked down this promenade in the rain on the way to lunch. I had a very chic Hello Kitty umbrella that Marc’s sister Corinne had given me…

The hotel concierge takes our photo in the elegant lobby. It was so great to see Cornelius. It’s like they say with good friends, although it had been years, it seemed like yesterday…

A short video of our rainy drive through Montreaux.

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The train station. Somehow rain in Europe just makes things more romantic! Our trip back to Zurich will take about 2 1/2 hours. Time to sit back, relax and enjoy the view through the rain spattered windows!