I stayed Saturday night in Geneva, in a recommended hostel, which was actually super nice! It was the cleanest and most well put together hostel I have ever stayed in! I did not arrive until about 9:00pm so did not really get to see the city that night. I grabbed some Thai food to go, and watched Benjamin Button in the lobby with some of my fellow hostelers. That night, I did not sleep so well though-I was sharing a room with two other girls, and one of them woke me up because she was snoring so loud! You can't imagine the noises coming out of the little gal, I felt like I was in a lion den! I was on the top bunk and laid there for a while trying to deal with it, which I could not, so after a bit I threw something at her to wake her up and tell her to turn over. She did with many "sorry's" but then fell asleep and started snoring again. I could not listen to my iPod because it was out of battery and the outlets in Geneva have three prongs unlike the rest of Europe (or Switzerland), so I ended up sleeping on my purse with my pillow on my head! Ha, the adventures of hosteling.
I dropped my bags off in a locker at the train station the next morning and explored around Geneva. Unfortunately, as in France, everything was closed because it was a Sunday. I did not get a very good impression of Geneva, however, by its outdoor appeal. The architecture was not very interesting, mostly modernized buildings besides a few surrounding the cathedral St. Pierre in the vielle ville (old city). I wanted to go inside the cathedral but services were going on, so that was a bust. I walked by the lake, (Lake Geneva), but it was much more beautiful from Lausanne where it was blue, here it was more murky brown colored. I am sure Geneva would be fun for shopping and going out because it is a big city, otherwise I prefer Lausanne!
I took two trains back from Geneva to Clermont, back to French life!
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