Conceição da Barra Up early to get to the airport to make our early morning flight on EasyJet from Orly Airport to Geneva. Quick flight only 40 minutes or so. We retrieved a coupon for free transportation into town. Paula struck up a conversation with Dave, a doctor from Doctors Without Borders, staying in Geneva as a stopover between a trip to Ethopia and a tour in Africa. He told us what bus to get on and where we might get off and, in his view, the best pizza in the world. Â Another passenger on the bus told us to stay on one more stop and we would find our hotel about a block away.
http://uslanka.net/2019/10/31/ජැකලීන්-ලංකාවේ-දීපාවලි-ස We found our hotel a clean comfortable room right in the center of it all. Â Along with hotel room, each of us were given a pass to the public transportation system, buses, trams and boats for the days we were there. What a system! Even better, our room was ready and the wonderful desk clerk let us check in. Geneva is on the banks of a lake that empties and becomes the Rhone. It is obviously a shoppers’ paradise….watches. timepieces, and fine items everywhere! Even H&M’s for the more budget conscious shoppers…
View of downtown Geneva from our room
 Our breakfast on Day One at Martel in Geneva |
 Paula's Vegetarian Sandwich |
 A Valentine's Day Display at the Martel Coffee Shop in Geneva |
 Swans and ducks on the lake in Geneva |
 A Gazebo by the lake |
 Chocolate Penguins in a shop window |
 A church window in the historic church in town center |
 The courtyard in Geneva's town hall |
 Paula in the courtyard |
 Around Geneva....a whole park of chess and checkers |
 This is how youngsters in Geneva learn to ice skate |
 Our restaurant spot was decorated with all kinds of kitsch - we enjoyed fondue |
 Our walking tour covered lots of territory |
 even a little cottage - typically Swiss |
We strolled the town, hopped a tram or bus as necessary with our free passes, visited the old town, lunched at a quaint Swiss place on lots of cheese fondue and some beef we dipped in oil. Then more walking and sightseeing until the cold set in and then we and relished a cup of hot chocolate beside the lake. Ultimately, we stopped at a pub near the hotel and enjoyed a beer before collapsing in our beds at the hotel with freshly pressed sheets and down comforters. Day One in Geneva was complete.
