More on Christophe Perillat... and the cows of the elementary school

I posted a message on Nordic Skiing not long ago. Sam interviewed that day the winner of the 50 mile ski race (Transjurassienne): Christophe Perillat. Here are more pics that Sam took right after the interview.

The winner finishes with a bell around his nake: that's the tradition.

The press room was in the elemetary school of the village close to the finish line. (Alex Rousselet is on the pic above).

I really like the cows on the wall behind the athletes! They were drawn by the children after a cow competition that took place in the area. The drawings are also inspired by a drawing from a (famous for his cows) local artist: Marcel Mille (see below).

Swiss Tags (Flon/Lausanne)

Special swiss tags found downtown Lausanne on the way back from watching Une Education (movie that I would not recommend)... I can't help compare with the tags we took from Marseille (oct 08).

I never realized before I moved here how much the swiss are major fans of traditional papercutting art. "...Paper Cutting in Switzerland traces back to around 1800. Some of the most popular artists in Switzerland were- blacksmith Johann Jakob Hauswirth (1809-1871), Louis Sagy (a postman), Christian Schwizgebel (1914-1993). Schwizgebel mostly worked on animal life. His prized ornamental cuttings (see picture above) are considered true masterpieces. These folk artists laid the foundation and are still models for today’s artists..."

French cows. (le Chinaillon)

After the swiss cows, I'm posting french cows. That's what each of us got as favors at M&O's wedding this past week end in a chalet of the French Alps. I managed to take the pic and the cows disappeared few minutes later. Yum!

Swiss Cows. (above Vevey)

Swiss cows= swiss milk = swiss milk chocolate. These cows are precious.