Against all odds, I have been able to reinstate routine into my life! Ok, that's not exactly true... Every day is different on the road and neither of us ever really know what to expect. Nevertheless, our days have - over the past few weeks at least - taken on a routine appearance. We have three generic days to choose from: 1- Travel days Get up, have some breakfast and pilfer some lunch for ourselves from the Hostel breakfast buffet if possible. Finish pa...

When most people discuss Switzerland they boast about visits to the likes of Interlaken, Zurich, and Geneva. As a result of random selection (pointing on a map, finding accommodation and maybe a quick google image search... pretty much the way all of our plans are formed), we came up with Vevey, a very small town located on the edge of a very enormous Lake Geneva. On the train arriving in this Montreux Riviera region, a nice man (maybe mid 60s - I had already ma...