Walk to Vevey

A mild sunny day, for a change, and after celebrating the midweek BCP Eucharist, I received a text message from Valdo proposing an afternoon walk. We met at the débarcadière in Montreux, and walked along the lakeside all the way to Vevey, stopping on the way to look at La Tour de Peilz. The lakeside Chaeau de la Tour de Peilz is now the home of the Swiss Museum of Games, and has a collection of examples from all over the world, with opportunities to try some of them out, apparently.

The protestant Parish Church freshly restored and re-opened a few months ago has a stone spire atop its tower typical of the alpine region of the Rhone. It sits along the edge of a large square with a big primary school opposite. There's an arched passage way between adjacent streets in the base of the tower, and a spacious adjoining patio contains a large permanent roofed canopy, where people can gather under shelter to socialise before or after church. It's a feature you don't see very often, and I imagine this has many other uses as well. 

The building is dedicated to St Théodule Apostle of the Valais, who began his mission in Martigny in the fourth century. The building dates from the early fourteenth century, probably around the time the Chateau was built. Its galleries are eighteenth century, but the rest of the building is typically Vaudois protestant, making the most of its ancient lines, with its windows furnished with fine 20th century stained glass. 

After half an hour in the town centre, we walked on to Vevey and had a cup of tea in the Hostellerie de Genève in the Grande Place, before taking a train back to Montreux on which Valdo could carry on to Aigle. You can see the photos I took here.