Geneve

An early start this morning to get to the train station in Interlaken for the train to Geneve via Berne. Apart from getting up in the dark, it was an uneventful trip with all going to plan - gotta love it! Of course, the sky was clear and the mountains were magnificent in the early light... on the day I left. I’ll just have to return to this beautiful part of the world some other time.

I found the bus to my hotel and then another bus into town. I’m staying close to the airport, and lets just say the hotel is ‘clean’ and by this read, not luxurious! Although I do have a television which is a first for a couple of months, and I’m now watching Crime and Order with french dubbing - interesting!!

I remember being impressed by the Alpes around Lake Leman, (or Lake Geneva) when I last visited in ‘95, but I have to say, they’ve got nothing on the Alpes of the Hasital.

I went on a little tourist train tour around the old city of Geneve and of course found myself sitting behind another australian - they’re everywhere! But I suppose having resigned my self to the fact that I’m a tourist for the day (I’ve resisted this wherever I can) it is only to be expected...

After the tour I walked back up the hill to the old town and visited Cathedrale Saint-Pierre. This is a lovely old church and one of the chapels has some lovely stained glass windows. As per my usual approach (comme d’habitude), I climbed the towers of the Cathedrale for the view of the city and the lake. Beautiful!!

Given the anticipated high standard of the restaurant at my hotel, I decided to have a late and sizeable lunch before heading back. It seems I was in happy land, as I found a little creperie outside the cathedrale and enjoyed a delicious savoury crepe and salad followed by chocolate and banana crepe with vanilla icecream - yum!!

Back to the hotel for an early night ready to catch an early bus to the airport for my flight to Budapest.