Blogs from South-West, Switzerland, Europe - page 108

Day 111: July 25 - LATVIA - Riga, SWITZERLAND - Geneva Accommodation: City Hostel, Geneva It was time to leave Latvia today, except my flight wasn't until 3:30pm. There was no strict checkout time so I set no alarm, and I had no key to hand in although there wasn't really a need for security in this hostel as the atmosphere was pretty friendly and trustworthy. I had another hangover this morning which was part of the reason why I didn’t get out of bed until 2pm. I almost freaked out at the time I had left to get to the airport, threw my things together and rushed outside to catch the bus to the airport. I missed the bus I was aiming for by mere seconds as I saw it going down the main street ... read more

Camping with Cows in the Swiss Alps After leaving the hustle and bustle of a major city like Paris, during a major holiday like Bastille Day, we were ready for some peace and solitude. What better way to achieve this, than a remote hike & camping in the Swiss Alps? Plus it might ease the budget blowing that was becoming habit. We stopped for a few days in Geneve, France on the border of France and Switzerland (literally on the border, as we could watch the people cross and hear their conversations just outside our window). I won't say much about Geneve, not because there isn't much to recommend this lake-side city, but because we didn't stay long or do much while we were there, other than to plan our next leg. We did rent a ... read more

Geneva, Switzerland was amazing!! I went to see the rose gardens, and found SO MUCH MORE! SO when I got into town I stumbled into the tourism office to get a map and find out where the spots on my aganda were. - The Parc de La Grange (home of the rose garden), the Jet de L'eau (big water spout), and the UN. The women gave me the map, and advised that I started at the bottom of this area as a parade would be coming through later and it would be very crowded and loud...in a tone that I would dispise such a thing. Out of curiousity I queried.."What type of parade" She replied, "our annual lake parade where you know, techno DJ's play on floats...." and as she saw my eyes light up- she ... read more

Tabuk, Kalinga, Philippines La Trinidad, Benguet Lucena City, Philippines Asin Hot Springs, Philippines Bangkok, Thailand Singapore Penang, Malaysia Hongkong Macau Disneyland, Anaheim, California Pumpkin Patch Pismo Beach, California Reno, Nevada Vancouver, Canada Victoria Butchart Garden Frankfurt, Germany Nasbinals, France Chur, Switzerland The Matterhorn, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Mende, France Paris, France New York City Long Beach, California Sacramento, California San Francisco, California The Queen Mary LGB Festival 2006, Nurmberg, Germany ... read more

I can put it in one word in Hebrew: "hitbarbarnu". The day started fine with muesli for breakfast, and we started to walk to the village of Ferret. I was expecting a nice warm-up as Ferret was only 100m up the valley. Soon, however, the path started to climb and we discovered something was very wrong only after climbing over 200m. We were looking for the way down to Ferret that we saw below us in the valley. Soon there were many people behind us. Everybody made the same mistake (maybe because the signs were bad?) We found a narrow path down and soon enough there was another dilemma: signs that do not match the map and the book. Again there were lengthy discussions with the others, and eventually they all followed our decision to trust ... read more