‘Sup Switzerland.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

So today was our first full day in Geneva and it was PURE BEAUT! Geneva is all about public transport and being green and cleanliness and as I am currently all about Geneva, we got some very eco-friendly bus tickets.

I know I said I wouldn’t talk about food, but our lunch deserves a mention/an entire paragraph and maybe even a picture… We went to an Eritrean restaurant and ordered a meal for four, which was actually HUGE! The concept is a large plate, covered in a sticky/moist bread served with lettuce, lentils, sour cream, spinach and a spicy (and ridiculously yummy) meat in the centre. It’s really hard to explain, but basically you tear the bread and scoop up the meat etc. and then try to eat it without getting it all over your face :) We then got some b-e-a-utiful ice-cream which we ate by the lake, in the sun. Should I shut-up? Yes?



Geneva excels at pretty much everything, chocolate, watches, banking, attractive men and also shooting water out of the ground. This is also known as the Jet d’Eau – Wikipedia tells me that the fountain propels five hundred litres of water per second to an altitude of 140 metres. So basically, it’s a big water jet and it looks really quite cool. We spent the rest of the day walking around Geneva and taking hundreds of pictures, or maybe that was just me.

Geneva is such a beautiful city, as in the old town and the cathedral, St Pierre, is absolutely amazing! It is 100% worth the visit and the stairs to the North tower must be climbed, even if it takes a while and your heart begins to race and you think that you might fall down all the stairs and take out numerous tourists. When you finally reach the top you have a perfect view of the city and the lake – defiantly a Kodak moment (and an opportunity to take some ridiculous pictures of yourself).



After scaling the cathedral we walked through a big park with a huge wall and some statues – can you tell it’s late and I want to go to sleep? One thing I really liked was watching the old men playing chess in the park. They were everywhere and it’s so nice to see oldies out socialising and having a good time. I hope I can still move when I’m that old – I’ll probably never be able to play chess, but movement would be desirable.

But anyway, I digress – well done Geneva; you’ve managed to win me over!

xx

P.S - Attractive Man Total - 16