Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 28

It has been several days since I've been in Geneva but my settling down has been time consuming and tumultuous, and hence it is not until now that I have the opportunity to scribble some of my experiences down. So, I guess I should go through it in a pragmatic chronological sequence. June 8th - I arrived in London 4 hours behind because of mechanical difficulties with the Air Canada plane. I was sweating bullets on touchdown as I feared missing my EasyJet connection at Gatwick airport. Thankfully, buses run regularly between Heathrow and Gatwick, and I was able to get there with a full 40 minutes to spare. On the bus between the airports, I met a medical physicist from Ottawa who was quite the world traveller. I perhaps made the mistake of adding fuel ... read more

Right after finishing up my semester in Lithuania, I flew down to Geneva via Copenhagen in order to join my travel study (Geneva 2 Rome, TWU). Due to flight schedules, I ended up flying in the night before the group arrived. Since I had never been in the city and couldn’t stomach prices for transportation or lodging, I stayed in the Airport over night. A must do experience for everybody (once is enough though). Geneva was a fun airport to do this in, because it is a minor enough transport hub to actually shut down at night. The police came by to make sure that those of us who were staying would be staying all night, and then proceeded to lock the doors. I assumed that there was some form of fire escape available to us, ... read more

Switzerland was a pretty place from what I remember. I remember getting a swiss watch. They really are prized posessions.... read more