In September 2006 I undertook a tour of Switzerland. My priority was to visit Vevey where Charlie Chaplin had lived for the last 24 years of his life. After arriving by train in Vevey, I settled into my hostel, which was located very close to the waterfront. First on my agenda was to visit the bronze statue of Charlie. I had the obligatory photo taken of myself standing next to Charlie's statue. I found that I somewhat dwarfed Charlie. I'm 193cm. People regularly place posies of flowers in Charlie's hand. It was a good experience and I was pleased to have made some photos. Next on my agenda was to visit Manoir de Ban. I had read reports of the residence being converted into a Chaplin museum, but my hopes of it being open in time for my visit were thwarted. After hopping on the wrong bus and being taken on a loop around Corsier and back to where I had started in Vevey, I boarded the correct bus up into the hills. The bus driver dropped me off at the nearest bus stop, which was only a few metres from the main gate. I wondered part way around the estate, taking photos of the gate and the buildings just inside it. Unfortunately, the main building was not visible from the outside, as the estate was surronded in trees, shrubs and hedges. So that was that. Last on my agenda was to visit the cemetery in which Charlie and his wife Oona were buried. The man who worked in my hostel gave me directions of how to find it. He said it wasn't listed in the tourist guide and was a little hard to find. I decided to walk back down from Manoir de Ban and try to find the cemetery. It would have been easy to walk straight passed it as it was well secluded. Again, I took the obligatory photos, satisfied that I had completed what I had set out to achieve, but disappointed that I couldn't view the inside of the Chaplin estate.