Geneva, Switzerland

Pure coincidence: Ian was picking up Mark, Tamsin and Lena in Geneva, Switzerland the morning I was leaving Burgundy. Ben had heard great things throughout the summer about Lake Geneva and the surrounding area and it was a small 3 hour train from Paris. So I rode with Ian to Geneva and met Ben at the train station in Geneva and did some exploring in the lake town....

For dinner we went to Hotel Edelweiss (Sound of Music anyone??). It was very cheesy, very Disney-esque, but so fun! There was live music, yodeling, St Bernard dogs everywhere, Asian tourists galore, and the most delicious fondue! Gave Simply Fondue a run for its money

The famous flower clock in the English gardens

We decided to leave the sunbathing by the lake and take a bus tour around the city. The tour actually costs a pretty penny so we were looking forward to some good sights and a good tour guide....oh wow. Wrong on all counts. First off, here is a picture of our bus driver...texting! Second, as we got on the bus and Indian family of 4 had taken 4 window seats in four different rows...taking up 8 seats! So Ben and I couldnt sit together...

 Our tour guide then showed us around the city...ugly buildings and a bad accent didnt mesh too well and Ben and I became very antsy. We knew it was a bad sign when she showed us the "2nd most important building" on the tour and it was a horrid looking Dept of Labor building. The #1 building was neat though...the United Nations:

The guides accent is very strong and it is hard to understand what she is saying. The Canadians behind us kept yelling up to the front asking her what she said, and what was the building to the left? The guide got so frustrated with them she began saying "maam I already told you twice! thats the XYZ building!!!" It became pretty comical

The head of the family of 4 thought that the 45 Swiss Franks spent on the tour was a good price for a 2 hour nap....

Ben being very tacky....

Overall, Geneva is a very neat city, but really only because the lake is so gorgeous and because the entire town has a beach culture feel to it with people picnicking, BBQing, drinking, lounging and laying out at all hours of the day. Interlaken and Gimmewald beat out this Switzerland city.....It is pretty fun though to say I have been to Switzerland twice in one week :)

Tomorrow is my last day in Paris.....