Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 15

So, after all the planning, stressing, list making and packing i'm here :) I arrived at about 4pm yesterday - flight was delayed by an hour and a half but somehow we made up that half an hour somewhere! After getting off the plane and making my way through the passport check (it was quicker for me with my EU passport) i went to the baggage carousel and sat myself down to wait for my suitcase, still a bit groggy from the travel sickness tablets. As soon as my bum hit the floor however, it started moving and there was my luggage! I mean i've heard of Swiss efficiency before, but this was awesome! Before leaving the baggage area i remembered to visit a ticket machine that would give me a free 80min travel ticket as ... read more

Aujourd'hui était la journée du train Paris-Genève. Nous avons fait la grâce matinée (enfin, nous commençions à être épuisées la!) et sommes allées manger une crèpe pour déjeuner avant de se rendre a la gare de Lyon prendre le train que nous avons trouvé sans problème. Le trajet a duré 3h20. Au début, nous n'allions pas si vite, mais après un moment, quand on réalise que nous dépassons les voitures de l'autoroute a toute allure, on réalise qu'on va très très vite! Le cousin de Yawen nous attendait à la gare comme prévu et nous a amené prendre le train vers Coppet (entre Genève et Nyon), là ou nous dormirons pour les 5 prochains jours. C'est très charmant et agréable comme endroit. Nous avons passé la soiré a bavarder et faire des plans pour notre séjour. ... read more

turns out I did not manage to recover completely in Annecy. Taking a longer brake in Geneva, mainly on the campground. And as my friend said, you can hear everything here (birds, dogs, frogs and people occasionally). I eat, drink and I live well. The froggies disturb silence in the night so I have to drink for a good night sleeping cheers or cheerios one might say. Daccor c'est fini pour moi pour cette moment. tbc ;) ... read more

Geneva Switzerland My (Donna’s) *X!*% tooth extraction was a night mare , (for all concerned. ) It’s now 6 weeks since it happened and I still have a crater in my jaw in which I could easily store enough food to last me a day! (eughh) It’s now healing slowly but still disturbs my sleep. My so called simple extraction developed complications ; infection and “Dry socket”. My dentist said once in every 3-4 years he sees one as slow to heal as mine! Nice to know I’m special. It sort of ruined our trip home. I naively? expected to be fighting fit again a few days after the extraction but instead felt very poorly and exhausted for over a month by the pain. I was not nice to know a lot of the time, ... read more

Six months. It took me six months and the decision to go back to Canada before I finally visited another Calgary friend, Quentin, living just an overnight bus ride (less by any other, more expensive mode of transportation) from Paris in the middle of the stunningly Rockies-like Swiss Alps. And if I had been more organized, I might not be leaving France as I expect to next Friday. As we stood on the edge of Lac Leman last Friday morning catching up about the three years that had passed since we met through the Calgary Outdoors Club and discussing the similar activities we could do on an extended Easter weekend, I suddenly realized that maybe I hadn't considered ALL my options before deciding to come home. We talked of snowshoeing, rock-climbing, hiking, even some end-of-season skiing ... read more