As we feared, it’s a wet day today. Nevertheless we caught a bus a few stops along the lake. We’re here to see Chateau de Chillon. It’s Switzerland’s most popular historic attraction. A few photos.

It’s a really impressive castle dating back to the 11th century. It was so well fortified that it was never taken by force until the invention of heavy cannons in the 16th century, when soldiers from Bern managed to eject the Counts of Savoy.

Another bus ride takes us to the nearby town of Vevey. It’s a really nice place, with lots of attractive cobbled streets.

By the lake we found a series of sculptures of a girl riding a seahorse.

The lovely old paddle steamer ‘La Suisse’ approaches the quay.

We had lunch and caught the bus back to Montreux. The rain got a lot heavier, so we retreated to our hotel. Wengen tomorrow.