{"id":774,"date":"2011-06-26T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrider.com\/blog\/?p=774"},"modified":"2025-03-11T07:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T07:10:29","slug":"photos-of-the-day-6-25-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/2011\/06\/26\/photos-of-the-day-6-25-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the day 6.25.2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arrived in Geneva in the early morning, caught the train to Montreau and this is the first shot I took in Switzerland as I was walking to our apartment that we found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrbo.com\/340698\">VRBO<\/a> &#8211; a $75 per night\u00a0efficiency\u00a0that overlooks the lake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2350 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"934\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625a.jpg 934w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625a-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625a-768x551.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had free flights and Mrs. had gotten there a couple of days before. \u00a0Later that afternoon we crossed the lake and walked around the \u00a0lovely little town of St-Gingolph that is partly in France and partly in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2357 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"934\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625d.jpg 934w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625d-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625d-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We caught the paddle wheel on the way back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2355 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"934\" height=\"709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625b.jpg 934w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625b-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625b-768x583.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the sun decides to set and we see the Alpen glow on the other side of the lake. \u00a0I was very surprised at how late the sun set in Montreux. \u00a0Looking it up on google earth I saw that Montreux is as far north as Sault St. Marie in Michigan which explains the late sunsets in the summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2356 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"934\" height=\"671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625c.jpg 934w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625c-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nsrider.com\/oldBODblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/625c-768x552.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrived in Geneva in the early morning, caught the train to Montreau and this is the first shot I took in Switzerland as I was walking to our apartment that we found on VRBO &#8211; a $75 per night\u00a0efficiency\u00a0that overlooks the lake. 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