Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux is pretty close by train. It's a lovely little city and it's nice just to walk around the lake. I'll probably be back before it ends though. To see bands who are playing for free that is, as tickets to actual shows run up to 240 CHF - shows like Arcade Fire, those big timers. Apparently, Swiss Hipsters are Rich Hipsters. I wonder how their Québecois accent will come across. hehe. But actually, it's nice to see the paid concerts in Montreux because of the intimate venues.

To finish off the night, we returned to Lausanne for another round of the Festival de la Cité.

Festival de la Cité

I haven't been taking many photos here. It must be some sort of record. It's kind of liberating in a way, because experiences become (more) important as it's my only reference now.

I can actually hear the sounds of the Festival in my room late into the night. I find it amusing that most of the food stalls are of the Asian variety. I'm still fresh off the Asian food binge I had before I left home, so it's going to take some time before I'm persuaded to eat it here. I hear it's good though (relatively speaking, I'm sure).

La Fête de la Musique

This is one of many indoor and outdoor venues that hosted live music throughout the night

Music festivals don't really feel different from city to city, country to country. The things people do tend to be similar: the drinking, the smoking, the chatting, the dancing, the merrymaking.

Apparently, this festival happens on the same day around the world. In fact, my brother attended the same festival, albeit on a much smaller scale, back home. Pretty cool.