Closer to the home base

Before continuing the adventures with the summer visitors, here are a few glimpses of things closer to the Swiss home base ... the visitors' first glimpse of my little village in an uncharacteristic gloom due to the consistently rainy weather that we had throughout their visit.

A quick visit to the nearby beach - where the water is obviously too cold for swimming.

But the playground in the park provides some diversion.

A good raclette on the terrace is hard to beat.

Walking through the village arcades ...

and seeing the TV set up outdoors under the arcades so that tea shop patrons could view the World Cup events.

More al fresco dining ...

and posing by the town fountain - in front of one of the pastry shops where pains au chocolat could be found in abundance.

These were quick slices of village life.