Switzerland

The flight was short from London to Geneva, funny that it is a time change though. We were with a big group from the states on this flight and one girl behind us was doing the Rocola commercial and making us laugh.

The airport wasn’t that big and it had a train station inside, which made it easy to get to the center of town after getting off the plain. There is also a grocery store in the shopping area of the airport. This came in handy as the Swiss franc is worth more than the American dollar and in Geneva the dinners started at 25 francs.

We stayed at a hotel near the airport, which had air-conditioning and a big bathtub. I only mention that since I am short and it was tall and I had to climb into to use the shower. It was almost half of my height, defiantly built for taller people. It was a record-breaking heat wave that summer. At the end of the days I filled up the tub with a few inches of water to soak my feet. The water from the tap was ice cold and helped a lot.

We went on bus tour the next day, which was nice, up to Interlocken and the small quaint towns in the mountains. The country side was breathtaking and the mountains so dramatic. We also saw some of the government buildings. At the end of the day we made our way into the down town area, the fountain in the lake separates the older part of the city from the newer. Yes, there were Cookco clocks and watch stores. After wondering around and seeing the prices for dinner, we settled on Mc Donald’s. It was just too expensive. The next night we headed for the store in the airport and made dinner in our rooms.

During the days we attended a convention and made a lot of new friends. A few we are still in contact with. Salvi and Gio from Lenzburg, since we met them they have been to stay with us in the states. We have stayed with them in Lenzburg for two weeks in 2005. I

At that same convention we also met some nice people from southern France; we still need to go see them. In fact it reminds me to write them a letter soon. We did find a reasonably priced dinner and ate there a few times. We still remained quite during dinner and everyone else was, even children at the table were quite.


The city was very clean; we spent so much time meting people at the convention we didn’t really get a chance to get to know any locals. The ones at the shops were very nice, as was the staff at the hotel. One thing that American’s have come to believe is that good manners and worrying about good manners is for the rich and stuck up. In Europe everyone is concerned about good manners; it matters if you are rude.

The time we spent in Geneva was too brief. We may need to go back. The convention was over by Sunday. Monday we checked out and got on a train to Italy.