Intercontinental Geneve Geneva

... football last week, and plans are set for a Turkey Bowl game in Croatia for Thanksgiving.<br>My host mom teaches a DanceAerobic class a few times a week, and all semester has been telling me I should come, to help my French. I have been hesitant to go because I didn't want to embarrass her with my sub-par skills. Finally, I conceded and went. It was an experience? And she told me I am not as uncoordinated as I told her.<br>On ...

... eaten a cheese fondue, you&#8217;ve missed something but the best are in Switzerland because of the excellent and rich cheeses. The conversation turned to the best ingredients of a fondue. This dish is serious business in Switzerland, so opinions are strong about its preparation. People and regions have their preferences about the kinds of cheeses to use. A fondue is always a mix of at least two cheeses and sometimes more. Add some white wine, garlic, eau de ...

... 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 ...

... the hotel its just on the border of france and switzerland and its minging basic travel lodge type hotel with nothing at all to do in the area. We had no money no food or anything luckily the hotel around the corner sold something that they said was pizza although we are not sure what it was but we got some ate it and went to bed as we are up really early in the morning!

... 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 ...

... anywhere around so we had it all to ourselves. We watched the scenery while we ate some chocolate and cheese and had a glass of wine. Then we continued on to Geneva. We ended up not getting to Geneva until fairly late- 8 or so- and then had to find the hotel. We drove around for awhile, but all we knew was that it was close to the airport- a kilometer away- but not sure exactly where. So we stopped at the airport and asked at the ...

... CERN's discovery of the W and Z Bosons in 1983, which provided further evidence for the electroweak section of the Standard Model theory. I also went to a museum of the military history of Geneva. It sucked. So far I've had beautiful weather here in Geneva. A nice turnaround after the chill that swept over Lucerne the morning I was leaving. Hopefully the nice weather will continue into Torino, which is where I'm going next!

... 1%. That is why there is such a low vacancy rate because no one ever moves out of their apartments because they want to keep the same rent for 10 years down the road when they might move back.<br><br><br><br>Henceforth there are a some sub-let opportunities and some opportunities to live with other people. But normally the apartments are so small that they don't share. Also I looked at some postings for flat shares and they were only available to people with a Swiss ...

... river Sarine. The old part of town has many squares tucked away with old fountains supplied by its many springs. In a hilly location you are never short of a view of the surrounding countryside and I spent most of the day hunting photo opportunities. Fribourg marks the end of French speaking Switzerland and the beginning of German, from now on I will have to accept communication with most people ...