Genève!

I'm going to have to play a little catch up. It's obviously been a crazy, jam-packed couple of weeks with Geneva, Munich, and Rome, but here we go. On Saturday the 9th, our CEA group went to Geneva for a night. We got there really early in the morning, as in we left around 7 and got to Geneva around 9. Thus, we had all day to go around and see how rich Geneva is.

The city is truly dripping with money. I mean we continued to see so many fancy Ferraris, a bunch of Chanel, Dior, Bvlgari shops, and beautiful trams that are pieces of art by themselves. The city was just really nice. It is on the edge of Lake Geneva, known as Lac Lemon in French which doesn't do it justice, and the city is build around one of the lake's bays. Geneva historically was just industrialized and had some sort of man-made water geyser to release pressure. Today, the geyser has simply become a big tourist thing since it is right in the middle of the bay, and they have increased the height to about 100 meters. (Sorry I function in meters instead of feet and yards, currently.) They, also, just call it the fountain now. The wikipedia page tells me that it is visible from above as well, and that many people actually get drenched by walking across the stone pier to the fountain.

The first day, we got to our hotel which was nice and really close to everything. We went to a chocolate superstore where many of us bought chocolates for friends and ourselves. Kate, Carrie, and I went shopping a bit afterwards especially at H&M. We spent the day walking around, looking through cathedrals, and laying the the wonderful park by the lake. That night, I officially got some Geneva fondue. Switzerland is known for its fondue, chocolate, and watches, so I got my fix of chocolate and fondue that day and I was wearing my imitation Geneva watch! Anyway, the fondue restaurant was on the main pier and is apparently a local favorite. The fondue was really good, just cheese and bread though. I know one should be obligated to say that a local, refined dish is absolutely exquisite, however I'm going to be honest and say that fondue in Geneva was slightly above average. And on that note, I'm going to say that the chocolate wasn't as good as Barcelona, but that may have been just what I choose.

Check out some of our pictures though, truly a beautiful country full of watch-loving, disciplined people who hate when you jaywalk. The parks were also wonderful; one of the parks has giant chess boards and pieces that old men stand around playing, very nice.

Au revoir! Bisous.