Lausanne: Zeus has the Dream Team
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It is impossible for a sports fan not to feel something special when you visit the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, in Switzerland. On the banks of Lake Geneva Lehman or (there is known by that name), surrounded by luxury hotels and a great view of water and snowy mountains (the Alps), is condensed the history of universal sport: from ancient Greece to the Beijing Games.
It is likely that the sport is the most important collective act of the twentieth century and that is also a twenty-first century. The museum showcases the splendor of Lausanne teach step by step, in a very didactic, each Olympic event held. Catch your self-guided and listen for more than two hours all that the Olympics have meant in human history. Could we understand this was not understanding what the sport has meant? At least, Insurance, only the Olympics can understand our immediate past. Politics and sport go hand in hand.
We start the tour of the museum with the symbols of the Olympic movement and its essence (beautiful theory, many times reviled by the fact, what it means to the sport). Then, sets out all the torches that have occurred in the summer and winter Games: the futuristic torch in Turin 2006, created by Ferrari designer, or significant antorcha de Seoul 1988, in which there are two dragons that look (curious metaphor for the division of the country, highly topical today as) are some significant examples.
Sets out all the torches that have occurred in the summer and winter Games: the futuristic torch in Turin 2006, or significant antorcha de Seoul 1988, in which there are two dragons that look
Then, you get to the exhibition hall of the Ancient Games. There is a stunning collection of pieces from classical Greece and a detailed history lesson and meaning of sport Hellenic. The statue of Hercules, creator of the Games, or equipment with the athletes olive oil smeared all over his body to compete, which is then removed with a wire brush, are among the many works on display. It is narrated to perfection, following each piece, how, when, where, who and why of the Games, and their relation to Greek mythology.
After the tour of the old is given a time shift that leads to the Baron de Coubertin, driver of the modern Games. Funny how in Stockholm 1912, the idealistic Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin claimed that "women should not participate in the event and are limited to give the medals as they did in ancient times". It will be at the Games in Amsterdam 1928 when women have for the first time more than token representation. This is just another example of the merger between the Olympics and politics and society. As I said, one can understand the entire twentieth century in those windows that explain each Olympiad. Since the conquest of women's rights, World War II, racism, Cold War, the communications revolution, capitalism ...
A stop is certainly the case in Berlin. You can read this sentence ironic mythical black U.S. runner, Jesse Owen, to cut up the idea of the superiority of the Aryan race after beating up all the athletes Germans at home: "We were the black assistant of the American team", Hitler said. There is also a picture main German competitor, which would be a good friend.
Another important stop is Munich 1972. Under the picture of a hooded terrorist Palestinian reads the famous phrase: "The games must go on", pronounced by the then IOC President, Avery Brundage. The famous statement was made after the deaths of eleven Israeli athletes, kidnapped by a Palestinian commando of eight members named Black September, which ended with a police assault Germanic, broadcast live, en el que murieron también cinco palestinos y un policía. The policy was not able to stop the sport, was the message launched Brundage.
Maybe, for the Spanish case is particularly significant for Barcelona 92. There you can watch a basketball signed by the was and will probably be the best team in basketball history: The Dream Team of Magic, Jordan, Bird… Thus began the era of professionalism in the Olympics. The truth is that the back of this area is an important and cared for in the area containing the current sponsors of the Games (or Coubertin or Zeus himself understood the millionaire business today is the meeting).
Then, on the upper floor there is a curious relic full sports. Exposed, eg, Jesse Owen's shoes (1936); Emil Zatopek (1952) o Carl Lewis (1984). There are dozens of objects, but I remain dedicated to Eric Moussambani swimsuit, a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea who participated in Sydney 2000 in the swim test 100 meters with a "unique" brand of 1,52 seconds (more than double its competitors). Just swim and almost cost him stay afloat, which caused the delirium of public and international fame. He represents better than anyone the Olympic spirit: "The important thing is not to win, but fighting well ", Coubertin said.
Finally, There is a video room where you can watch any Olympic event you want to remember. For example, that the American high jump Dick Fosbury in Mexico 1968 that forever changed the test. "The current popularity of my style is a wonderful prize that I had to endure at first with a style that nobody liked. The jump back and practiced it at school and everyone was laughing at me, considerándome un chiflado y algunos como un snob por salirme de las normas conocidas. So I made in Mexico 1968 going to the category of hero«, said the athlete. What a great sport!
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Easyjet has direct flights to Geneva from Spain. Swiss air also makes the same path. From Geneva there 60 kilometers of motorway to Lausanne.
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To sleep, Hotel Beau Rivage Palace. Very expensive but stuck to the museum. Very good meals. Spa has also. A luxury. www.brp.ch
City Hotel, is a cheaper option. Is at the heart of the old town, overlooking the Cathedral. Next to the Ibis Hotel, is the lowest bid. Good connections by subway and bus.
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Cross of Ouchy: spectacular restaurant. The food is delicious and served two main course servings, what if you are going to share with a partner. The rice and pasta are delicious; the flesh of the first. Do not hesitate, go to this restaurant where they pass through Lausanne. Price, yes, round the 90 euros per person. (It's what you get invited).
Bleu Lezard: diner and youthful. Music and good food without pretensions. It is worth to have a good time and escape the local exclusive Swiss.
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Visit the Old City and its beautiful streets of the historic. From the cathedral there are beautiful views of the city.
Try the delicious Swiss chocolates. Recommend you go to the store Blondel Chocolats, open from 1850, donde los fanáticos de este dulce pueden entrar en un peligroso estado de «colapso por compras». www.chocolatsblondel.ch
For a drink you should go to Mad. A four-story nightclub, in quiet environments and crazy, in which everything goes Lausanne. The atmosphere is mixed and night, for more released, ends at dawn.
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