Saturday at the Beach

Remember May? It wasn't too long ago, but if iphoto didn't date stamp all my pictures when I upload them I probably would have forgotten that this trip was in May. I do remember how warm it was. Every day was sunny, barely a cloud and over 20 degrees, err 72ish. And one Saturday Jim and I packed a picnic, met some friends and headed to Cully to go to the beach.

Cully is a small town on the lake east of Lausanne . We took the regional train and transferred in Lausanne. It probably took about an hour total. Maybe I should also mention that Cully is not pronounced "Cul-lee" like this one, but rather Ku-lee. The green arrow on the map is Cully. Our place in Geneva is the pin drop "A" for reference. Not sure what "B" is but it came up on the map and wouldn't go away.

Once we arrived we stopped at a small restaurant on the lake for a cafe and beer, and waited for the other people we were meeting.

Next to the restaurant there was this amazing tree with a plaque saying it was planted in 1798. That's pretty old in my book.

Next we walked up this path towards the "beach" area...

Past this harbor...

This is the ferry that will take you from Cully to Evian, in France.

And here is the beach! Luxurious right? Well, it was more like, grassy-area-by-lake-with-rocky-beach. Actually, it was a very nice place to have a picnic, watch the sail boats, do some tanning, and if your brave, get in the water.