Founded in 1967, it has had the likes of Prince, Bowie, Deep Purple, Miles Davis, Ray Charles and BB King playing here. Tonight it was George Benson, Diana Krall and Randy Crawford on stage together. Just fabulous ...
It's been a long day ... and I am just back at CLP at 2330 hrs. We start filming tomorrow at 0715 hrs ... so I had better get some sleep!
Charlie Chaplin lived here ... as did Freddie Mercury and James Mason. Phil Collins and Shania Twain still do - why? Because Montreux is peaceful, beautiful and wonderfully Swiss!
First stop of the day - Confiserie Poyet ...
Blaise Poyet - the chocolatier - not only a lovely person but also a fine chocolate maker. We had great fun making "Charlie Chaplin" shoes and munching on Dalai Lama creations too!
Lunch at Le Mazot was simply amazing! Escargots with garlic butter and frites with ketchup! CLP diet - oh dear!
None of us wanted to eat horse meat - fresh from Canada ... yuk
Off to Cully now - 15 minutes from Montreux central
To meet with Patrick Fonjallaz - winemaker. They have made wine in his family since the 16th century. I thoroughly enjoyed the "Swiss" wine - chasselas ... white, no acid, tasty ...
James relaxing in "Press Land" at the Jazz Festival
Mathieu Jaton - the Secretary General of the Jazz Festival. Nice chap. 16 days, 230,000 visitors, 450 journalists, clubs, movies, art, food ... fabulous!
The Crew - Jim, Sylvia (tourist board) and Tim waiting for the Villagers to come on stage
THANK YOU ROBERTA!
