Thanks for affirming that you, too, were able to navigate and enjoy Lausanne, Ingo!
I certainly wouldn't go there without a printed map -- but then, I don't travel anywhere without a paper map. :)

I suspect that all of us who have been to Lausanne know why you think the city's geography poses challenges -- and I doubt that you need to explain it. Thankfully, it seems that I and others did not find the city's layout as problematic as you do. Probably better to warn people, just in case, but maybe not to the point of telling people not to visit?

The only thing in this area which is actually really confusing is the LEB commuter train.

Maybe, maybe not. Maybe no one needs to argue about what is or is not confusing. JMO.

Thought I would follow up a bit on some the wonderful food we had while there. Breakfast was usually croissants and coffee to get us going, simple but so good.

Lunch tended to be wherever we happened to be but one place stood out, Christian Boillat, a small patisserie we stumbled upon. Nice sandwiches with crusty bread and the most delicious vanilla mille feuille we've ever tasted. In fact even the sandwiches at the central station stand were excellent and so reasonable.

We had dinner our first night at Cafe Romand, a 3 minute walk from our hotel. We ordered salmon with tomato basil sauce and a grilled chicken with morels. Both dishes were very well done, tasty and pleasing to the eye. We sat near the serving station eyeing the food that came out of the kitchen, saying wow that looks good, stopping our waiter to ask what it was. The most interesting dish that many patrons were ordering was a steaming platter of sausages, bacon, pork chops over sauerkraut, boiled potato and mustard. As I was looking at that the Mrs. watched me and said, you're coming back to eat that right. Yes we did and even she admitted it was wonderful on a chilly evening!!!

Another dinner was at our hotel at Brasserie Grand Chene. We were originally set to go to Amici but our reservation was at 9:30 and around 8:00 the Mrs. was getting hungry and just a bit grumpy. So we checked and got the last table available in the restaurant. Food was very good as was the excellent service, steak frites for me and fish soup and a large salad for my wife.

One other thing to note were all the chocolate shops in town, L'Espace and Durig come to mind but there were quite a few others. We'd be wandering around and if I didn't see the Mrs. I would find her browsing in the nearest chocolatier. I must admit the Swiss chocolates were really good, this coming from someone who doesn't eat many sweets.

Montreux
 

Staying in Montreux late Feb . First time , main objective is to visit Freddie Mercury Statue . Open to local experiences. Would appreciate your input.