Hotel Saint Andre Annemasse

... director of the UNESCO Geneva branch, and also probably one with a man who works at UNDP. So, I am pretty busy... It's a 30 page paper and my outline with sources pasted in is 23 pages... now I just have to write... ugh.<br><br>I have become ever closer with my host family these last few weeks, and enjoy lots of conversations with them. My French continues to improve thanks to the pushing of my host mom. My host dad and I like to ...

... For example &#8220;Why are they eliminating sidewalks in Appenzell? Because too many people were committing suicide by jumping off the curbs!&#8221; The people of the canton of Fribourg are teased about not being very clean. One Fribourgeois decided to save space by having his goat live in the house with him. His neighbor asks him &#8220;What about the smell?&#8221; to which the farmer response &#8220;The goat got used to it!&#8221; The people of the ...

... could see the lake off and on as we rode. We left the train at Versoix, and pulled the suitcase a few hundred meters to where the car was parked &#8211; the Vernauds used to live here and know where to park for free. Then we drove a few km north to the shopping center at Chavannes where we stopped for lunch.<br><br>We caught up on the news over lunch and then drove on to the little village of Trélex, above Nyon. The Vernauds have a traditional Swiss farmhouse, part of which they have ...

... I noticed that the receptionist was coughing a fair amount. That was so reassuring! Speaking of reassuring, the Urgent Care center was located on a street called "Maladiere" in a suburb called "Ouchy". Is it me, or is that a little unsettling?<br><br>Let me offer you a suggestion before I go any further... If you ever find yourself going to a foreign medical clinic, be sure, BE ABSOLUTELY SURE, to take along some reading ...

Uninteresting day, finally escaped Mulhouse thought I would have to stay there forever ha ha. Got the train to Basel again then a coffee I needed the toilet so went off to find it taking only a small amount of swiss francs with me as we did not have many as we had not been in Switzerland. I only had 150 and the toilet was 2 so I spoke to the woman and she would not let ...

... up with Diane's mom Carol and brother Geoff! So it basically was Jon and I intruding on some Bell and Ring quality time, its was great, they treated us like we were their kids too =). We then took a water taxi by the famous Jet D'eau, went down by the "beach" and played some beer bocce in a park. We were invited to join ...

We sadly left Chamonix and vowed to return there in the winter, and drove to Annecy. Annecy was kind of a repeat of Prague, beautiful old city, on the water, with canals... we were kind of sick of that scene by then. They are applying to have the 2018 Olympics there, with the ski events at Mont Blanc. It would be a nice venue for sure.

Tony has been doing a fab job as my tour guide. Yesterday we ventured out of Geneva and along the lake side. It is all picture post card stuff with quaint little villages and hills lined with grape vines. Our first stop was the Museum of the Modern Olympics in Luasanne. They have the most amazing sculptures in the garden, and inside some very inspiring and moving stories that surround the games. Their exhibition called "The mind makes champions ...

... to get decent wine in this county? I thought I was hilarious. France and his french friend were just like, ****ing speak french already you stupide canadienne. So we had fondue. The rain didn't aid the two frenchmen's efforts to show me a real festival in Les Alps, but it it was reprieve from the heat, which could then be tranformed into a need for mt first dipping-bread-in-cheese-experience. And my ...

... After 3 days of torture, the 4 of us went down the valley to visit Lausanne, and meet up with Anna and Fabrice (Anna used to be Melissa's roomie in Stillwater!!!) - we spent a very nice evening with them, and will be so happy to join them for their wedding next Summer in Lausanne.