Well that was a bit of a challenge, all the heading are in German.
Bit of a shock to have the alarm go off
at a quarter to four this morning. Taxi arrived half an hour later,
good thing we were all packed up and ready. Twenty minutes later we
were dropped off at the station to get the train to Gatwick. A nice
easy run. At the airport we looked at the board, but couldn't see any
numbers that married up with our flight. Hmmm. Then we realised that
we needed to be in the North Terminal, phew. Bit of a trek to get
there but we had plenty of time. More then we needed as there was a
delay of three-quarters of an hour due to 'technical issues.' Soon
though we were on our way up into the clouds, and landed at Geneva
just over an hour later. That was the hard part. The rest should be
easy as we are part of an organised tour. I did try to get us here
independently but just could not do it for the same price.
We soon found ourselves in the centre
of Geneva and with a couple of hours to ourselves we went walkabout.
Past shops with well known names and some we didn't recognise at all.
It was a bonus to discover a lunchtime concert in one of the
churches. Absolutely magic sounds.
It was quite cool here as expected,
around ten degrees. Buying lunch gave me a chance to use my very
rusty school French, good thing the colas speak English too.
The Man had been in Geneva about 20
years ago and was keen to retrace his steps around the lake front. No
fountain playing today as it was a bit too windy.
Back on the bus at 1630 and more than a
bit weary, we were driven out of the city and inland through farmland
and acres a and acres of vineyards some perched precariously on tiny
terraces. Higher we drove following the railway line until finally
arriving at Château D'oux which will be our home for the next five
nights.
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