Our short stop in Geneva (by Trevor)

We pre booked this hotel, because things in switZerland are really expensive. The hotel was located near the airport, so we got a map from the tourist place. We had 2 options, amber thought the tourist place say it was a 15 minute walk, so thought that was ok. I really didn't want to get lost, so I thought we should take he bus, but the next bus want for 45 minutes, so we decided to walk. One look around the corner and all we saw was freeway. So we decided to wait for the bus. I looked at the map a bit more and then thought I understood where to go, so we decided to walk.

By the way the place we were staying was in France, just across the border. Anyway we walked for about 30 minutes and came to this huge parkade. The road seemed to end leaving the freeway looking overhead. Walking seemed like a bad decision. Another look at the map and I realiZed we were still on track, but we hadn't covered as much ground as I thought.

Finally we came to a bus stop. It was best to wait. So we caught the bus, the same bus that we could. Have just waited for without walking for 30 minutes. We only stayed on a few stops so the driver let us not pay. We then transfered to get into France and to our hotel.

The hotel was cheap but that is why we booked it BUT it was TERRIBLE. The beds were so uncomfortable and we both slept really crappy.

So we got up early he next day. We walked all the way from France into Switzerland and headed to geneva by bus. We only had half a day so we thouhgt the best way to see the city was by a bus tour. No dice, they didn't start until the afternoon.

So we went and saw some stuff on our own. There was a cool fountin and shot 10 stories into the air. It was from 1890. And a clock made of flowers. A cool theater. And some other stuff I can't remember because I am witing his entry a few days layer.

Then we were off to Paris.

written by  Trevor and Amber on May 22, 2009 from Geneva, Switzerland
from the travel blog: Europe Trip
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