Blogs from Geneva, South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 26

Geneva, Switzerland: I have been in Geneva now for exactly one week, and I love it! Our hotel is not great, and does not have air conditioning, but it really doesn’t matter. We are about 2 blocks from Lake Geneva (Lac Lemon is what its called in French) and the city is beautiful. It is so clean and the public transportation is cheap, extremely easy, and very reliable. Today marks the end of our first week of classes and internships, and what a week it has been. The 16 of us from USC here in Geneva are having a great time, but a full day of classes followed by internships has been wearing down on us! We have class in the morning from 9-12, and then internships in the afternoon until about 6, with no time ... read more

Went to Geneva to see the All Whites play Brazil.... read more

Geneva would be my ideal place for a honeymoon. Lake Geneva is the most beautiful body of water I've seen. The mountains, while only foothills of the Alps, are breathtaking. The weather was sunny and in the 70's: much warmer than the cold rain we experienced in Ireland, England and France. We went to H&M to buy bathing suits and sun bathed on the concrete pier they call a beach. I could see to the lake's bottom through the crystal-clear mountain runoff. The city is as picturesque as its backdrop of mountains and le jet d'eau. A word of caution: there were hardly any Swiss there, that we could see. While Geneva is small, there are pockets filled with shady gangsters. I wouldn't walk around that city again without a male counterpart, because apparently everyone thought ... read more

I've been doing a bit of random travelling since the last time I wrote here but I'll write a couple of different blogs since they are all pretty different. After Chris and me finished our cycle trip in Annecy on Sunday (30th April), we went out for some food and couple of beers with Duncan for a final night in Annecy. The next morning we packed up and orded our taxi to take us to the bus stop for Geneva, only to be told that the buses weren't running as it was a bank holiday...still been getting used to nothing actually opening in France any time useful, so didn't come as too much of a shock. So, looked up the train instead and we took that from Annecy to Geneva - Chris had carefully hand drawn ... read more

So... my next train doesn't come in for not another 3 hours. It was early afternoon and I didn't have anything planned for this. I figured I hang out at the train station at some coffee/pub place, but it was pretty packed and noisy. I tried the people watching idea, but I could never get used to it. I also feel that the person I'm watching sees me and think I'm some perv or crazy even. I had a cup of cappuccino and relaxed, but after that... I just thought, what the hell... I started wondering off and see what I can find. I found the Jet d'Eau, but it wasn't on due to the overcast and cold weather. Admired the architecture around the lake, a Russian church, and eventually found a free entrance museum. Of ... read more