Yvoire, Evian, Chamonix, Mont Blanc… and of course, the Saturday Market!
Wow…
Boy oh boy… what a great last couple of days… the sun has come back with a FORCE and has made for an incredible couple of days… I guess I left off on Thursday so I’ll start on Friday.
Friday, I started my day by going to the Permanent Mission of Canada in Geneva to get my passport renewed… hopefully all goes well and I’ll be able to get it done. On the way back to headquarters after handing in my application, I ended up stopping by the United Nations and visiting the big broken chair monument outside… I’ll have to actually take a tour of the United Nations building one of these days. I made my way back to work with my driver who I actually got a picture with this time around… hehe. We have now classified him as my Switzerland Boyfriend 😉
After work on Friday, my Aunt and I went on a mission for John (the one I traveled around the world with). Last time we were in Switzerland, It was pouring rain and Evian had turned off their fountain where you could get free Evian water… so I promised to go back and get a picture actually getting free water from the rock outside the Evian fountain. Mission Accomplished… and I even had time to check out a neat little historical town called Yvoire on the way to Evian. It was quite a nice enjoyable evening and my aunt and I enjoyed a nice dinner watching the sun set over the lake.
Today, today was awesome. First of all, I got to sleep in 🙂 . Then, of course, being Saturday, it was time for the daily visit to the market. BOY oh boy, you should see the loot today. To continue in the tradition of taking a picture of my Saturday market gets, I have posted it here… man, I can’t believe how much of a loser I am… haha.
After picking up the plethora of fruits, my aunt and I went to a town called Chamonix, which lies right near the base of Mont Blanc. DAAAMN…. I mean, today was a perfect day. The sun was out, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky… and man, the scenery here… wow… that’s all I can really say. I wish I could say that I actually climbed the mountain but that would just be crazy… I took the little cable car thing up.. but perhaps one day I will try to climb it. I really can’t say much but here are some pics:
Tomorrow, we hope to be able to catch some of the Tour de France which is passing nearby!
Tags: Europe
cheng.ev
July 15th, 2007 at 11:30 am
what’s the symbolism of the broken chair?
July 15th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Can you ski this time of year there?