Switzerland - Geneve, July 06
TGV's stacked up at Gare de Lyon
After Paris I decided to check out the Swiss town of Geneve, famous for being the European headquarters of the United Nations and also the Red Cross. I jumped on a TGV, the legendary high speed French trains. These things are awesome, they wind up to over 300 km/h, so sit back and watch the country side flash past the window! You really know how fast you are going when the tracks run parallel to a motorway and you leave the cars for dust.
My Lakeside camp site at Geneve
Hostels in Geneve were really expensive but luckily there is a great lakeside campsite only 15mins by bus from town. The first day I arrived at the campsite I just lounged round in the sun and swim in the lake. Nice.
The United Nations Headquarters
Geneve has great deal where you can use bikes for free.. All you need is a passport and a 50 franc deposit, and you get the use of a good bike for the day. It was an incentive from the city to encourage the good health and exercise among residents and tourists. I got a bike and cruised out to the UN headquarters a 20 min ride out along the lake. You need to remember to bring you passport because security is tight, but once inside you get a great tour of the complex.
Geneve Waterfront
Lake Geneve and one grunty fountain
Geneve is a nice town on the shores of Lake Geneve (Western Europe's largest lake). It also has one hell of a fountain, Jet d'Eau fires a plume of water up 140m high in the air. Geneve is expensive though so don't stay to long if you are short of funds.
After Paris I decided to check out the Swiss town of Geneve, famous for being the European headquarters of the United Nations and also the Red Cross. I jumped on a TGV, the legendary high speed French trains. These things are awesome, they wind up to over 300 km/h, so sit back and watch the country side flash past the window! You really know how fast you are going when the tracks run parallel to a motorway and you leave the cars for dust.
My Lakeside camp site at Geneve
Hostels in Geneve were really expensive but luckily there is a great lakeside campsite only 15mins by bus from town. The first day I arrived at the campsite I just lounged round in the sun and swim in the lake. Nice.
The United Nations Headquarters
Geneve has great deal where you can use bikes for free.. All you need is a passport and a 50 franc deposit, and you get the use of a good bike for the day. It was an incentive from the city to encourage the good health and exercise among residents and tourists. I got a bike and cruised out to the UN headquarters a 20 min ride out along the lake. You need to remember to bring you passport because security is tight, but once inside you get a great tour of the complex.
Geneve Waterfront
Lake Geneve and one grunty fountain
Geneve is a nice town on the shores of Lake Geneve (Western Europe's largest lake). It also has one hell of a fountain, Jet d'Eau fires a plume of water up 140m high in the air. Geneve is expensive though so don't stay to long if you are short of funds.
posted by Peter Spencer at 2:40 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Pete.
Great idea about the bikes,tell The Greens about it, when you return!!
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