Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 2

This morning I woke up in Montreux at the extreme east end of Lake Geneva (see photo). The mountains that you can see in the picture are in France on the south side of the lake. After breakfast, I drove along the north shore all the way to the extreme west end of the lake. It took less than two hours to get to the city of Geneva. My first stop was CERN, the international scientific society and the site of the LHC, the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest particle accelerator. There are two permanent exhibits at CERN and I went to both. The first exhibit is about the LHC and how it works. I took a picture of their picture (see photo). That was a close as I came to it because they don't ... read more

Sunday, 23rd April 2017 There was nothing much I could do when I learnt that my flight to Geneva was re-timed to 8.20pm this evening. This translated to a looooonnng waiting time at Prague Airport and forgoing my trip to the International Red Cross Museum. The best I could manage was to condense my itinerary in Geneva to a mere few hours on Monday morning. I had to wake up rather early the following day in order to make up for the lost time. Anyway, I baded farewell to H at Prague and thanked him for his great companionship and graciousness for the past few days. With so much time to spare before my flight, I took my lunch at the staffs' cafeteria and snacks at the boarding gate before my dinner on board the Swiss ... read more

After a busy European summer filled with visitors, September hit and school started. This term we experienced the weather changing into autumn and then winter. It was fun to see the seasons for the first time through the kid’s eyes. One of the kids described autumn as when it “rains leaves”. School started well, the children transitioned so well and quickly made friends. So much so, I actually cried in shock during each parent teacher interview, tears of relief that we haven’t ruined our children having moved them from Kenya, their “home” country. People at school seemed to enjoy our gradual adding of extra clothing, and as winter hit we did seem to be a little in shock! It was cold, brrrr. I was very happy to get a long coat that resembles a sleeping bag, ... read more

There's just one day left before that I fly to Denmark, so I'll write down the different steps of my travel. First, well, I'll stay a few days in Copenhagen, the capital. Then, I'll take the train to Helsingor, where there's Kronborg's castle. From there, I can take a boat to Helsingborg in Sweden. The next destinations are in Norway. I'll visit Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim. After that, I'll go back to Sweden for the capital, Stockholm. Finally, I'll go to Finland's capital, Helsinki. Some cities may be added to this(already) long list, but we'll see whether or not I have enough time.... read more

First time going to Switzerland my dad woke me up since I had passed out after my alarm ringing and I almost missed my flight, theres a first time for everything. Made it there and had a lift with a blablacar ride going to Aarau, it was a guy and his mom talking in their own language and in the end I passed out and slept all the way to Aarau. They dropped me off outside the city by the highway and I managed to hitchike into the center of the city. My friend was working all day at the tattoo studio there, but his friends brought me down to the river for a swim and for beers - its like a small piece of paradise, and I would never have found it on my own. ... read more