Lausanne on a rainy morning

In Lausanne we only went to Ouchy (the area beside the Lac Léman), because that was the only place I remembered from my first visit. (which meant that it was the only place worth visiting, right?) Also, we were carrying our luggage with us, so it wasn't that practical to sightsee anyway. And it was raining. :(

So here are some photos.

beside the lake (the lake's on the left)

that crescent is the landmark of Ouchy...you see it on almost all the postcards

some ships at the quay

another flower clock (not as pretty as the one in Geneva though)

more flowers, and people jogging under the drizzling rain

a statue

horses drinking

part of the lake

a statue we passed on the way to the Olympic Museum (which is beside the lake as well)

across the road from the Olympic Museum

the Olympic Museum

There are lots of pieces of artwork in the garden. I only took a photo of one this time round, because it was a new piece that wasn't there during my first visit.

"Born Fast", 2009
the model of a foot skeleton by a Korean artist, Lee Hyung Koo

beside the entrance to the museum

the fire burning (also beside the entrance, behind those pillars)

the entrance

This was just inside the entrance. If we put in a coin (a donation, actually...I'm not quite sure but I think we can put in paper money as well), the contraption starts moving.

We went into the museum this time (I didn't enter it the first time) because the entrance was free with the Swiss Pass :) We still had to get our tickets though.

our three tickets

We had to scan our ticket at the turnstiles to enter the different exhibitions. The first one was about the history of the Games, then there were some memorabilia (erm...maybe I should say "a lot of memorabilia", actually :P ) donated by different athletes. We weren't allowed to take photos though :/

I have a lot more photos of Lausanne (especially the museum's garden) from my first trip there, so I think I shall post them in the next post (the things haven't changed that much, after all). But here is a photo I don't have from last time.

some statue on the roof (there's a cafe there)
Either it wasn't there the first time I went there, or else I didn't go that way.

the view from the roof (this I did take a photo of when I went there for the first time...but it's a little different so I shall post it again in the next post!)

Check back next Wednesday for the second post about Lausanne! ;)