Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Europe Travelogue - Part 6 (Geneva Chapter)

Immediately after breakfast, we continue our traveling by bus, not on foot anymore. So our itinerary includes stop over in Lausanne-the Olympic Capital and Geneva.

On our way, we could see on both sides of the highway, white blankets of snow covering up most of the area. At certain angle, we could see the Alps!

We reach Lausanne first, where the weather was romantically cool for us to wander around the town. The town was quite hilly, and most of the time we were walking down a certain narrow hilly lane which actually leading to Lake Leman (Lac Léman to its French-speaking inhabitants).




We stop by a row of stalls selling fresh produce of the farm and we bought 2 packs of fresh strawberry - delicious!! We ate while walking our way to the tram station which would take us to Lake Leman in much faster time - err like 5 minutes (if I had time, I would rather walk and enjoy its architecture..but hey, I have to follow the team, remember). Lake Leman is so breathtaking - you can see the whole stretch of the lake where your eyes can set on were flank by the Alps with snowy peak of the higher Montblanc - magnificent!! My auto-cam doesn't do justice to the whole scenery, it doesn't really potray how breathtaking the actual coastal scenery is..goshh, you have to come so you could believe me and adore and you would thank God for such creation!


Architecture of Geneva
After Lausanne, we proceed to Geneva where almost everybody of the group was seen busying themselves in selecting souvenirs to take home. Souvenirs here in Geneva were quite expensive in comparison in Amsterdam. But I like the weather here..it's bright and cool! And I wish I could have more time to explore the city, its architecture especially and feel the life of it! oh well, it can't be done as I wish and if you want to know more about Geneva

It was almost 5pm when we decided to leave Geneva and headed back to our hotel in Zurich - time is so short to cover all these places and seriously, these men do shopp!! and I thought girls would be a big spender when it come to shopping...
Architecture of Geneva


strolling the streets of Geneva
Lac Léman