{"id":125,"date":"2025-05-02T15:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/?p=125"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:46:55","slug":"a-little-tour-of-our-village-chernex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/?p=125","title":{"rendered":"A Little Tour of Our Village: Chernex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that we\u2019re settled in a bit, we\u2019d love to take you on a quick tour of the town we\u2019re calling home: <strong>Chernex<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nestled between <strong>Lake L\u00e9man<\/strong> and the surrounding vineyards, Chernex is a small hillside village about a 30-minute walk (uphill!) from Montreux. Home to roughly 2,000 residents, locals are nicknamed <strong>\u201cThe Lanterns.\u201d<\/strong> Depending on who you ask, the name either comes from villagers who once hunted wolves by lantern light\u2014or from a centuries-old fire that lit up the town in a less fortunate way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The village is built into steep, terraced terrain, with houses\u2014many of them hundreds of years old\u2014clustered together. Most have been converted into fourplexes or subdivided into apartments. Our apartment is perched right above the <strong>post office<\/strong> and a super convenient <strong>Denner<\/strong> market, perfect for everyday groceries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main street, <strong>Rue des Deux Fontaines<\/strong>, is home to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Restaurant du Raisin<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>butcher shop<\/strong> (<em>\u00c9picerie Fine aux Deux Couteaux<\/em>),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>pharmacy<\/strong>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And a <strong>hairdresser<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chernex also boasts two schools, a gymnasium, a church, a bakery, and a cozy bar near the train station. Everything\u2014truly\u2014is within a five-minute walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We get around on foot, though Sabine and Yvan have kindly shuttled us to the larger <strong>Coop supermarket<\/strong> down in Villeneuve when needed. From our apartment, it\u2019s exactly three minutes to the <strong>train station<\/strong> (we\u2019ve timed it\u2014especially when we\u2019re running late). True to Swiss efficiency, the train departs <em>exactly<\/em> on schedule, every time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our station is a stop along the <strong>GoldenPass line<\/strong>, which winds its way through the Bernese Oberland between Montreux and Interlaken. Watching the elegant tourist trains pass through is a treat, especially from the little <strong>playground park across the street<\/strong> from our place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tonight, Cedar became the first of us to dip into the lake. Sheila and I were both impressed\u2014though Sabine and her friends have us beat; they swim <strong>every Friday year-round<\/strong>, even through winter. While waiting for the girls to finish gymnastics, we brought along an impromptu picnic and sat lakeside, enjoying the view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not a bad way to end the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 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https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4740-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4740-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4740-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The cellar door for Sabine &amp; Yvan&#8217;s house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4735-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, 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(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chernex&#8217;s Butcher Shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1567-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1567-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1567-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1567-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1567-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_1567-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The amazing view early in the morning from our dining table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we\u2019re settled in a bit, we\u2019d love to take you on a quick tour of the town we\u2019re calling home: Chernex. Nestled between Lake L\u00e9man and the surrounding vineyards, Chernex is a small hillside village about a 30-minute walk (uphill!) from Montreux. Home to roughly 2,000 residents, locals are nicknamed \u201cThe Lanterns.\u201d Depending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chernex"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4736-1-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/littlecedarfarm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}