Tour of Audrey Hepburn's Switzerland - Tolochenaz, Morges, Lausanne 

Awww, welcome to the Audrey club!

I too love Audrey. Especially moon river of breakfast at Tiffany, awesome

Well, she never wanted to act, she only did it because she had to earn a living. I personally really wanted to act, since I was a teenager, and I left home at 18 just to do that. Sadly, a lot of acting work is unpaid, so you have to make choices as to whether to act or pay rent sometimes. I suppose it's like Audrey and dancing. She had to give up dancing because acting paid better! When I have the time and money to create a short film, I have done so, but I can't keep funding them on my own. And I can't fund the sort of things that I really dream of creating. It's not about acting in any old thing just to say I'm acting. It's about creating really GOOD characters and really GOOD stories that you're proud of. But it's not simple, nor easy, nor cheap, so at some point, you want your career choice to pay, or you have to give it up.

Wishing you all the best for your future :-)

thank you!

Awww. Yes, I wish she was still around, and I wish I could have met her as well! Or even been friends with her, I'm sure she was a wonderful friend. I'm happy you enjoyed the video and glad I could share it!

Nice, I will have to check it out! I have little happinesses... but it's the big ones I miss and desire. A feeling of purpose, community, and self-sufficiency. I'd settle for the self-sufficiency for now though. haha.

@@kendalbrenneman We're all aiming for the top of Maslow's pyramid. Desire is an irrational, obsessive and impossible to satisfy wish, which relates to the possession of something, from the moment one possesses it, one no longer desires and boredom sets in. In reality desires will never end (yes I reread my philosophy lessons). But as for your case, I find that you are still one of the women who has managed to bring together a small community on your social networks and your content is really interesting. If you want to please as many people as possible, perhaps you should change your content and in this case no longer please yourself in what you do. I don't know how old you are, but you must be much older than me and so I can't put myself in your place to feel what you're saying. Personally, I'm 20 years old, I'm at university, I have a video game project where I also have a community, I enjoy my studies, I have friends with whom we often laugh. And what makes me happiest in life are these immature friends who do crazy things! You should have some too haha. (Sorry if there are grammar mistakes, I'm French)

@@Emro Desire is definitely a frustrating thing, there's always something more, something else. As for the content... I've learned that if I have no interest in something, it is very difficult for me to do it! Probably why "normal" jobs don't last long with me. :-) Yes, I'm older than you, and I think the fact that I didn't go to university and don't have a normal job where I see the same people, and that I've moved several times, has made it difficult to have a friend group. It's something I've always wanted but have always done exactly what I shouldn't, if that was my goal. :-P I think I was focused more on trying to start a career when I was 20, and not worrying too much about friends. I had friends... but most of them didn't know each other. Now... well I can't speak for everyone, but it seems when you get older, and people start pairing off and having kids, they have less time to be spontaneous and silly. I frequently wish I had some people around to play capture the flag, or paintball, or go on random weekend getaways, or out dancing... but in this "new" town... it's hard to find anybody who wants to do that, at least in my age group. But I'm going to do my best to go visit my old friends and have fun. Because life is a bit wasted if you aren't having fun with friends. :-)

Aw, thank you and you're welcome! I'm glad I got to do my little tour. I still have this idea of doing a more professional "Audrey tour" and trying to get interviews and go inside places like La Paisible, but I haven't met the right producer to help pull it off yet!

Thank you so much! Well hopefully you will get a chance to visit one day. Did want to do my best for those who can't get there. :-)

@@kendalbrenneman That would be nice, but I'm afraid of flying. I'll go to Audrey Hepburn's grave next year ... she gave us both the chance ... to get to know us. Nice that you exist.Sorry,my Englisch is not so god

@@Morgenstern49 Well ,your English is good and if the now-a-day English tongue was not so heavily and needlessly filled with not-germanic words (mostly latin and greek) you would even more readily understand most of an english speech. The English is the most heavily latinogecized germanic tongue and the German (Deutsch) is the least least latinogrecized germanic tongue.

I need to check in. I got an update a few months ago, but nothing urgent.

Awww, that's definitely disappointing!! Corona is messing up a lot of travel plans. I hope you can reschedule for next year! I'm very grateful I got to make my roadtrip last year, I can't imagine had I planned it this year...

@@kendalbrenneman Where did you stay? We were planning of staying in Geneva and just take the train to Tolochenaz. But if there is a hotel in either Tolochenaz or Morges, do you think it's best to stay closer? We plan of visiting her grave site. Are you planning of going again?

@@sapphire6107 Sorry, I didn't see your reply! I stayed at an Airbnb. It's pretty expensive around there, so definitely book ahead!

@@kendalbrenneman Finally!!! After my plan got derailed by Covid, I am finally going this November, but I'm staying in Paris most of the week. I'm thinking of just taking a round trip train. Have you been back there since covid? Anyway, thanks for the tip 🙂

@@sapphire6107 Oh good! Yes, actually, I went with my bf in July by car through France and Italy, returning via Switzerland so we made a stop there. Somehow managed to go on a weekend when nobody I knew was in town though! ha. I don't know how long a train is from Paris to Lausanne, it seems pretty far.

Get a well-paying job! hehe. It's gorgeous there, but expensive. And I have to say, I wouldn't want to drive those mountain roads in the winter time. eeeek!

@@kendalbrenneman years ago my then husband and I were staying in Basel (year job rotation)...I felt the same way then!!! I wanted to live there,,,a barrier we had to be fluent in French Italian or German ...hell if I'd been working on it I could've been fluent by now !!

Thank you!

Thank you! I hope I get to go back again sometime soon, much more to explore!

Hello! I'm so sorry for your loses, that is a lot at once to deal with! Let's see if I can answer your questions... I only know of the one museum that has exhibits, and this is what they seem to have there right now: museebolle.ch Once you take the bus to Tolochenaz, her house is right across from the bus stop, behind the large hedges. If you walk up the street towards the main road, and then follow that a bit, you'll find the cemetery (a map will help). It's not far. The little church is also near the square where the bus stop is. I don't know the street names, but it's a very small village so walking around you should spot it! It's set back a bit, up a little path from the street. :-)

Hello! It was a nice trip, I always wish I could stay longer. Haven't made the travel plans yet for the year but I'm anxious to go everywhere!

@kendalbrenneman You should visit brugenstock near Luzerne where Audrey celebrated her wedding in 1954 , Switzerland remains pretty safe place for travelling 🤪. I should launch a tour for people who like Audrey and would like to discover the region🤔

Yes, it's sad... they must have had their reasons. I think on occasion, the groundskeeper must clear off the graves since people come and leave things there frequently.

@@kendalbrenneman most of the time, the reason is just to forget...when you spend many time somewhere with a loved one and when he disappear you don't want to live where it happened...too hard for some people to live in memories....Greetings from France.

@@paladinerrant9718 It could also have gotten too expensive and maybe neither of them wanted to live there. I do wonder why they didn't rent it out or something. Ah well. I suppose I could ask sometime!

​@@kendalbrenneman jjust wanna ask you ​do you think it's better to be alone or with people to make this trip? i was alone, but it was sad, my advice: do it with friends or people who have the same passion for Audrey Hepburn.

@@paladinerrant9718 I don't know, I've been in the area alone and with a friend. I mean it's easier to get photos of yourself if you have someone along, and if they love Audrey as well then it's exciting for the both of you.

Thank you! :-)

Hi! The link is in the description, it's on my blog here: www.inaudreysshoes.com/save-la-paisible/ but the direct link is here: mailchi.mp/e2bc0e04158c/savelapaisible I need to check and see if there's any news! I hope they will alert me if anything changes, we've been emailing back and forth over the past year. I hate how people only think land is valuable if you build on it!!

Yes, she had a lot of things come together at the right time and place for her to get her on her life path. A successful acting career is equal parts talent and luck! As for theatre... I love singing and dancing, but theatre itself was never my thing, especially being alone on a stage. I love interacting with a small group of people on set, no real audience, and then seeing the result, creating a world people can lose themselves in, and camera angles that really show the emotion on people's faces. I'm just more of a film performer than a stage performer. I don't even go to see plays, myself (shhh, don't tell! lol). I do want to do a few more things on RU-vid, but I'm impatiently waiting for a little medical issue I have to be resolved. I feel like I haven't been making my best effort this year, but things come up... :-P Soon, though, soon!!

Oh gosh I forgot another thing, specifically about playing Audrey on film rather than on stage... because I will most likely never get to have a career like she did... being able to re-live it, on sets, on location, pretending I'm with actors like Bill Holden and Cary Grant... it would just be a dream come true for me. I wouldn't even care if I ever worked again. Stage... is just not the same, you know?

True, you're right, I think it was. I tried to attend a Sunday service there, it's a cute little place, but there are so few attendants that they alternate between neighbourhood churches.

@@kendalbrenneman Yes i believe her coffin was carried from the church by her friends and sons to the cemetery. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fykS-wZPuOw.html

I'd also like to say well done to you for bringing the La Paisible situation to public attention. It would be an absolute tragedy were it to be destroyed. Its wonderful that it still stands today and appears to be just how it was on the outside at least, as when Audrey left those gates for the last time nearly 30 years ago! Next year ill be heading there to visit all of these spots myself in person although thanks to your great videos i feel like I've already been there!

@@justsayin644 It's such a peaceful place. No new updates recently though I should check in. I hope you get to go and visit!

@@kendalbrenneman Yes ,this place soothes the soul so wonderfully and this is the main reason that she wished to live and die there.

Thought I replied but I must not have! Yes, it's just silly of them....

Yes! It's @kendal_in_wonderland

Yes... sometimes I think about celebrities like Marilyn or Audrey... and how it really sounds unpleasant to never really be anonymous. To go out to dinner and know people are watching you... to talk to people and know that they'll be gossiping about your meeting.... as a human who says and does a lot of dumb things, I'd prefer they not all be observed and remembered and documented. But I do like working on films. And I do like dressing up for fancy events. :-) Music... I would love to perform, and have, a couple times... but the idea of going on tour and playing the same songs over and over... not appealing.

@@kendalbrenneman I completely agree. Exactly. I love dressing up as well. Just the thought of being on tour for a long time away from family that is crazy. Yes, you could take them with you, but still. Also all the family drama being leaked and no privacy. Being hounded by the press. Bringing innocent people into the light. (like friends)

Oh, I just want my life to be full of fulfilling work, and time with friends, and a lovely house that's all mine to share with my boyfriend... I'd trade the current life in a minute for that! haha.

Would you really? I don’t wanna preach but hey: count your blessings. There you are, a kind person, pretty and doing all this stuff on YT. Travelling around. Not too bad I would say. I know a nice parabel about this, but that would take too much typing 😇 Wish you all the best again!

@@gijsweer1653 Oh yes I would. :-) Currently we live with his father and his brother in a country I never wanted to live in. I have no friends here, last saw my family a year ago, can't put down roots or buy furniture (but I did give the cats names). I'm tired of going into debt just to spend a week or two with friends, and searching through boxes to find something I need (half of my belongings are still in boxes because I live in a bedroom that can't accommodate all of them). I'm safe and fairly healthy, but I'm ungrounded and isolated from those I love. I basically left my home during lockdowns and this was only supposed to be temporary. But I'm now stuck in somebody else's house... We are finally looking for our own rental, but we only have my income, and the NL has a housing crisis, so it hasn't been easy finding something I can afford to rent. After that, I hope we can move closer to my family or friends. My heart can't take this isolation much longer.

@@kendalbrenneman Oh dear, that doesn't sound good. You mean you are (like me 🙃) living in the Netherlands? So there must be a reason why you don't go back to your own place and be with your friends, right? Well: I know all about the housing crisis here. It's difficult for everybody right know, unless you have a good bag with money. I hope you'll find a solution for this, to come out of this isolation. Keep the spirit high. I'm reading the book about Audrey's youth in Velp and I am impressed with her courage and faith. Her mother is a tough one and A is brought to all kind of places. Let's take courage from her ability to deal with all the setback. 😘

@@gijsweer1653 Ah, you're stuck here too? haha. Yes... it's all for my boyfriend. I admit I was glad to not be in France during the lockdowns but... I don't know if getting residency here was the best idea. Fun fact though, the house I'm living in was owned by a friend of Ella van Heemstra's back in the day.

Yes she looks very much like Audrey.

Aww thank you! I wish I was! :-D

@@kendalbrenneman You are ,indeed you look so much like the amazing Audrey Hepburn.

I know, it's always a struggle for some reason. I know filming on the iPhone I had issues when I would point the phone away from me in public, but even with microphones I have issues with the volume. But if I turn it up too loud then we get a lot of white noise too.

I'm not really a cinema expert at all, but I think there are probably a lot of mediocre films from the early days of cinema. I've read that they would be cranking them out constantly. A film star would be doing like, a dozen in a year. Then in the days when they had contracts with studios, they would have to do all sorts of silly films that they didn't even want to do... I think those films just sort of disappear or forgotten. Now... I don't know. There are probably a whole lot MORE movies being made, but we also have so much better access to nearly all of them, all of the time. It does often seem you can scroll through Netflix for an hour and not find anything that looks good enough to watch. :-)

@@kendalbrenneman that is also very true

haha, well thank you!

and thank you! :-)

Thank you! :-) It would have been amazing to be her daughter. It's a shame she didn't have a daughter, really.

@@kendalbrenneman Yes! A daughter would be just wonderful (nothing against Luca and Sean...) I agree with you! A little solace is: she has a granddaughter: Emma. And Emma is an model and artist (perhaps you know). Now I want to read the biography of Audrey Hepburn.......P.S.: Did you read her biography or can you recommend a book or a video about her life?

@@victorvogelfrei9808 Yes... but I mean being raised with Audrey as a mom, as a girl... I would have loved it! I like the new book Dutch Girl by Robert Matzen. It focuses mainly on her early life though. He has a new one called Warrior about her UNICEF years but I haven't read it yet. It's too pricy here in the NL still so I'm waiting for the price to drop a bit!

@@kendalbrenneman Thank you, Kendal!!! I think it's the first time I write here a comment and don't get a three-word-answer. I will order the book you told me about- and, by the way, it would be absolut no thing (no thing = nothing) for me ordering a second one for you and send it to you. I belong to a booktrader-family and I don't have to pay the shop prices.....

@@victorvogelfrei9808 Awww you're so kind! I try to reply as much as I can. Sometimes RU-vid isn't good about alerting me to replies-to-replies, which is annoying. But I try! And I want to be as helpful as I can. Back to the book... I would love that, but is it possible to send it to the Netherlands? That's where I am right now. Sending anything to Europe can be a pain... shipping costs and then the VAT (even on gifts, it's so ridiculous). I do want to read it, I've been impatiently waiting for a month for the darn price to drop! ha!