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Lovely Layover
... up about 460 feet up into the air. It is considered one of the largest fountains in the world and is Geneva's most famous landmark.
My absolute favorite thing I saw in Geneva was the chocolate grocery store. Yes, a grocery store filled with only chocolate. Can you say heaven on earth?
Although I wished I would have been able to stay longer, at the end of the day we had to venture back to the airport to hop on a plane to Paris.
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Geneva Switzerland
Today I woke up early at 06h and went for a lovely run and had a nice workout in the park overlooking lake Geneva it was a clear morning and so I could see all the way out to the Mountains it was lovely. Once Gen arose a couple hours later we left the house we are staying and went to the Chateau de Chillon a castle just an hour or so away from Geneva - it was suggested by our host and I am glad we went. The castle was beautiful and we rented head sets in English ...
Travel day...
... have free wifi but it didn't work so I left gen to read her Kobo and walked around to find free wifi next to impossible but I managed 30mins if I didn't move just enough time to contact our next host Ioan. He is travelling back to Geneva today as well and will meet us downstairs shortly. I will write later... Tomorrow I have my walking map ready and we have many a sight to see : ...
Geneva Weekend trip
... visit. Actually it could be worth staying in Lausanne where it might be cheaper and doing day trips to Geneva, Nyon, and Montreux. It would, however be less convenient to go to Mont Blanc. I think we did quite well actually – the total cost of the trip was £400 inclusive of everything [60 for flights, 60 for accommodation, 120 for tour, 60 for boat and train, and 100 on everything else including eating, shopping and transfers to/from both ...
Mountain Running Fail
Not wanting to leave the beautiful mountain countryside just yet, I continued on to Leysin to undertake an impressive attempt to jog up La Berneuse (2048m). Not so impressively, I utterly failed. Almost immediately. About 3 jogged steps up the steep trail I re-evaluated my overly-ambitious plan and decided that a brisk hike was actually a far better plan for ...