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Geneva Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Geneva, Switzerland
Dramarama at the Train Station
I just played witness to the most charming little drama. A woman hails a taxi with her daughter in tow, a little girl not more than five or six years old. Her hair is arranged in little braids that shoot out in all directions and she wears a sack-like ...
Paying to Pee and Running for Trains
Does the title not say it all? I am perplexed by the concept of paying to pee. On two occasions now I have paid the equivalent of about two dollars just to access the bathroom. For an addition ten I could also access a shower but really who wants to ...
Day 13: Geneva
... the Rome hostel, as that was more misinformation rather than a bad decision.) When I was booking my flights, I checked the hostels in Geneva and they were about the same as everywhere else: 15 to 17 euros. So instead of going straight through (which I ...
Geneva!!! Part 1
... through the blustery wind. It was a lovely afternoon to be followed by another lovely evening. Monday, my last day in Switzerland, was beautiful. The weather was incredibly windy, but I opted to venture out nonetheless. The train was a viable option, ...
Day One with Dad
... "samwich", but without cash or the will to shell out $60 on lunch for one and a half people at one of the reasonably priced Geneva sit-down's. In the end, we were back at the trusty train station for cash, samwiches and Zoya's other new found love: juice ...
MLIBC (My Life is Business Casual)
... we went to the Museum of the Swiss Abroad, which was just standard (AKA absolutely beautiful, because almost everything in Switzerland is beautiful). They gave us coffee in their restaurant before a tour of the museum and a discussion on Switzerland and ...
The Eurail Pass is Dead, Long Live the Eurail Pass
... ’s family, as they are quite an extraordinary group of people. We talked about everything from the differences between Brazil, Switzerland and Canada to football (soccer), music and Swiss Politics. I didn’t end up heading back to the train ...
Water in the sky
... me after spending the last three weeks with a group of classmates from Germany, Holland, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Spain, Russia, Switzerland, Ireland, Serbia, etc. But it’s what you’d expect in a country with four official languages, not ...
Cant believe we actually made it!!!
We manage to get the train to Lyon where we are booked to change trains for Geneva. We have just over an hour to wait and its hot and stuffy so we walk outside the crowded station and sit down for lunch AT AN IRISH PUB!!! We are anxious not to miss our ...
Geneve
Cloudy. Up and showered early. Packed, left for Geneva. Big cow fest going on in Interlaken. Gave our hosts a flowering plant as a thank you. Arrived Geneva at 18.00h; walked to hostel. Had dinner at an Italian restaurant. I'm the only one in my ...
Last Weekend
This was the last excursion and big activity as a program. We went to Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday and Chamonix Mont-Blanc on Sunday. Both were amazing! We arrived in Switzerland and started with a tour of the ...
Calme et retraite à proximité de mon travail
Je n'aurais pas imaginé que Genève soit une si belle ville. Je n'en connaissais que la gare Cornevin puis quelques bus pris pour aller rapidement voir des amis ou bien le lac encore. Je n'avais jamais eu le temps de parcourir la vieille ville et de ...
Dec 27, 2010
GVA TP0946 11H20 Back home ! Bilan
Fortaleza, Lisbonne, Geneve Vol de retour en retard d'une heure, connection manquee a Lisbonne, detour par Porto, arrivee a 19h00 au lieu de 11h15 a Geneve. 1) Quand un con vous fait chier au bureau ayez un plan B, C et D. Apres un grand bol d'air ...
My Swiss Adventure!
... with old friend Liam who works at the airport and had a good chat, which was a nice way to start my holiday. Arriving in Switzerland, I began as I always do with "would you mind stamping my passport?" to which the reply was a firm "NO". Wow. Thanks. ...
Man or Machine?
... drank a lovely glass of wine with her, and got to sit with her for the second half. The play that we saw was the Geneva English Drama Societies rendition of Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn. Now I will be upfront – I’m not a fan of modern ...
Geneva...
We visited our friend, Andre and had a great time. We went to a ski resort high up in the mountains as well as visiting and exploring the city of ...
Geneva
... . About city: Geneva 1. French Genève , city, capital of Genève canton, in the far south-western corner of Switzerland that juts into France. One of Europe's most cosmopolitan cities, Geneva has served as a model for republican government and owes ...
Such a coincidence!!
First day in Munich!! I woke up in my room and chatted to my really nice roommate, who invited me to come to Dachau with them... it is 100% something that I planned to experience during my time in Munich, but I had planned to go on my ...
Je suis en Geneve au bord du lac
... working. I have had a full orientation to the local train system, including purchasing tickets.Today we swept through Geneva, into the old town and to see the jet d'eau - a larger and more impressive version of the Oriental ...
Geneva
Absolutely exhausted
... a good soaking from the Jet d'eau in order to cool off but it was quite a trek round the harbour. You could tell that Switzerland is not part of the EU as Health and Safety hadn't been invented with the spit for the Jet d'eau. There were no ...