Tuesday, July 15, 2008

i’ve been followed in Lausanne ?!!

it was such a beautiful sunny afternoon yesterday. the murky skies since the day we arrived had turned the dark skies, clear and blue. great photo shoot day out for me, of course.



as i was walking along Ouchy quays, my stomach started to beg for food - because i smell food all around and i stopped by at this Le Lacustre restaurant, located upstairs. i had toasted cheese and a bottle of diet coke and it costs me Fr$12.00 plus tips. Gila mahal kan. Crazy price.



after i have finished consuming my calories for energy, i stopped one level down of the restaurant's stairs to photograph this lake view.


from my camera lens, i saw a man in dark suite who was standing alone at a pole marked 4, and i wished him to go away. Telepathic may be it, that he shifted few steps away when he saw me photograph. that’s why we don’t see him in this picture. now i wished i have him in there, somewhere… somehow….

about half a mile i have walked away from this restaurant, all of a sudden i saw that same man in dark suite was standing like 50 yards nearer to me! my watch showed it was past 3 o’clock in the afternoon. there were people around and i wasn’t panic but afraid. i warned myself he has been following me!! i acted as if i didn’t see him standing there and watching me - thanked God i wore sunglasses to have a look at him from the corner of my eye!



when i have finished photograph this school of small fish swimming in this lake, i was so ready to head to the crowded zone, he quickly approached and stood in front of me and asked “can i take a photograph of you?” quickly i said “no, thank you”.

he was a well groom man and we started talking and throwing questions if i am here for a holiday and bla… bla… bla… little do i asked, he said he lives in Geneva and came to Lausanne for a meeting that was scheduled at 3pm but postponed to 4pm, hence he walked around and saw me photographing. he said he is originally from Holland, but i don’t want to encourage further for this stranger to talk more to know me and told him i am here with my husband and he started to get a bit confused in his conversation of what to say next.



by coincidence, this was the view we both saw and he pointed to the middle building is a Savoy hotel where his meeting is held… ewww… he was polite and said he must leave because his watch showed it was 3:40pm as he said it loud.

here is a photograph of him but from his back that i quickly photographed to take a glimpse of him. well groomed, don't you think so?



the terrifying part was that, i already saw this man nearby the restaurant when i went for my snack. i don’t know how long and how far he had been following me! of course, i buzzed this whole eerie encountered to my husband and to our friend, Bob. my guts already told me something fishy when i first 'detected' him standing at the pole no. 4 looking at me like a hawk and i don’t want to be foolish about it.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Greetings from Lausanne, Switzerland!


view from our hotel's room yesterday evening

it is a business trip for my husband and a leisure trip for me… i know… i know… i am the luckiest wife to be able to join my husband on his business trip whenever there is a possibility.


view from our hotel's room yesterday evening

yesterday we drove to Lausanne from Germany in wet weather. AGAIN! it was strange to see history repeats itself which was about the same time last year, it rained so much until we reached Lausanne. it was so wet and cold… brrrr… only on the last 3rd day in Lausanne last year we were being forgiven by the weather to have dry day even though there were teasing skies of dark clouds and sign of thunderstorm on our way to Geneva. it never rained and we made it dry to Geneva. i hoped this time we will or i will have some nice day to stroll along the lake and to take home some photographs of beautiful Lausanne. it is a very pretty place, i wish you were here!


view from our hotel's room this morning


view from our hotel's room this morning


view from our hotel's room yesterday evening

this morning we woke up on our first day in Lausanne to see outside our windows of wet grayish atmosphere. it is now 1 o'clock in the afternoon and fortunately the gray weather sky didn’t stay like that all day long. I already saw quite a number of people walking along the quay from my 4th floor room which is facing the lake. how fortunate to have this hotel room view!


my cappuccino Aroma Schokolade while blogging for you

here are few photographs of wet Lausanne a view taken directly from our Mövenpick hotel’s room. we are so happy where our hotel is located is by the lake, by the quay, near a pharmacy shop, the bakery shop, close by the brasserie, some restaurants hence there go my diets!


our hotel on the left and the groceries store next door



the swans silent morning


the Ouchy


raindroplets on Lake Ouchy


the Waiting at Ouchy Port


the lake front at Ouchy


lone swan at Lake Ouchy


view of our hotel from the lake


i better get myself ready to stroll along the Ouchy quay while the weather is still A-OK and i am about 10 minutes walk away to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.



i hope you enjoy viewing my few photographs of Lausanne. i'm going to post and i don't do grammar or spelling check because my laptop is running out of batteries, essh. taa for now.