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June 21 (Saturday)
| At the Kansai Airport flight route : Osaka → Frankfurt → Zurich |
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| Hotel Crazy Cow at Zurich | |||||||||
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June 22 (Sunday)
| Zurich Station train route : Zurich → Aarau → Olten → Solothurn → Biel/Bienne → Neuchâtel → Yverdon-Les-Bains → Lausanne |
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| Lausanne Dr. Nokata welcomed me at Gare Centrale de Lausanne. We visited Cathédrale Notre-Dame. |
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| Lausanne → Vevey → Blonay → (Chamby) → Chamby-Musée We used three lines; SNCF (Lausanne → Vevey), Blonay line (Vevey → Blonay), Chamby locomotive (Blonay → (Chamby) → Chamby-Musée). First two photos were at Lausanne. Next two were at Vevey. A steam strain stopped at Bloney. We could see other trains climbing up to Pléiades. |
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| Chamby-Musée → Chamby → Montreaux-Ouchy → Lausanne-Ouchy We used three lines; Chamby locomotive (Chamby-Musée → Chamby), Golden Pass Panoramic (Chamby → Montreaux), and a Lac Léman ferry (Montreaux-Ouchy → Lausanne-Ouchy). The Golden Pass Panoramic went down to Montreaux. From the ferry, we could see beautiful vineyard beside the lake. |
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June 23 (Monday)
| visit to EPFL I had two seminars and visited many laboratories. I was impressed much by magnetic drive, parallel robots, and jumping robots. |
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| At Dr. Nokata's house After dinner, we walked around Lac Léman. Beyond the lake, we could see Evian with white mountains behind. |
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June 24 (Tuesday)
| Visiting to Lac d'Emosson train route : Morges → Laussane → Martigny → Le Châtelard VS → Le Châtelard VS Funiculaire → Lac d'Emosson SNCF (Morges → Laussane → Martigny), a mountain train (Martigny → Le Châtelard VS), a cable car (Le Châtelard VS → Le Châtelard VS TTE), a small train (petit train panoramique) (Le Châtelard VS TTE → Le Châtelard VS Funiculaire), and a lift (Le Châtelard VS Funiculaire → Lac d'Emosson). See HP. |
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| Lac d'Emosson Beneath, we could see Chamonix. Behind the village, Mont Blanc could be seen. |
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| From Lac d'Emosson to Lausanne First five photos were from the lift. Last two were at Le Châtelard station. |
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| From Lausanne to Zurich train route : Lausanne → Fribourg → Bern → (Olten) → (Aarau) → Zurich HB (Zürich Hauptbahnhof) | |||||||||
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June 25 (Wednesday)
| the 1st day The RSS was held at ETH. Photos were at the Reception Party. |
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June 26 (Thursday)
| the 2nd day Banquet at Uetliberg (mountain of 871m height) |
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June 27 (Friday)
| the 3rd day Photos were at the Farewell Party. |
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June 28 (Saturday)
| the 4th day (workshops) After the Workshop, I visited Grossmünster (cathedral) and Kinder buch laden (bookstore for children). |
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| Around Hotel Crazy Cow | |||||||||
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June 29 (Sunday)
| Zürich HB &rarr Zürich airport | |||||||||
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