Our first visitors of the year
We started the year off with a visit from my mom and step dad (I'll call him Mr. F). They had spent the last couple weeks traveling all over Europe. They started in London, then New Years in Paris, then to the beaches of Nice & Monaco, and finally here in Geneva to visit with us for the weekend. I was thrilled to see them; it was a nice way to begin the year.
I picked them up from the train station on Friday night and we had a quiet night of catching up, chatting all about the holidays and the adventures of thier trip so far. Saturday we went on a bus tour of Geneva, which at first I was a bit skeptical about, since I couldn't for the life of me figure out how they were going to fill a whole two hour tour (Geneva is actually a pretty small town). But it was actually really good. It was very infomative and an hour of it was a walking tour of the old town. G and I learned a lot about the city and now, after our glowing review, our Swiss friends may be taking it too!
After the tour we picked up a car and headed over the boarder into the mideival town of Yvoire. It is on the French side of Lake Geneva, about a half hour out of town. I was there in the Summer with Chica, when the town was bustling with tourists. Winter is a bit different. Actually, very different. There were only 3 shops and one restaurant open in the whole town. The cathedral was open, so we popped in there, just to get in out of the cold. There were some other wayward tourists slowly wandering around the town too, so we knew we weren't alone. But the town really is charming, even in hibernation. We went to the little harbor and walked all the streets before returning to Geneva for dinner.
Sunday we went to the town on Biel about two hours to the East, halfway between Geneva and Zürich. There we visited with old friends of Mr. F. They were Swiss international students of Mr. F at Canada College back in the 80's and they still keep in touch. We visited with two families, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We were shown all around town and were treated to a wonderful lunch and even had home made ice cream! The first family lives in an eco-friendly house that uses only 10% of the energy that a normal house would use. Planted outside is one of the only sequoia trees in all of Switzerland. It was great to get to know a new Swiss town, since neither G nor I had ever been to Biel before.
Sadly, on Monday morning my mom and Mr. F were heading back to the US and all too soon it was time to say goodbye. Although their visit was short, we had such a good time! We are so glad they were able to swing by to see us during their trip. :)
On our tour of Geneva
G on the longest bench in the world
The main gate to Yvoire
At the shore of the medieval town of Yvoire
Swiss friends of Mr. F from California
More Swiss friends of Mr. F from California
One of the only sequoia trees in all of Switzerland
These crazy "illuminated floating people" sculptures are still up in Geneva
I picked them up from the train station on Friday night and we had a quiet night of catching up, chatting all about the holidays and the adventures of thier trip so far. Saturday we went on a bus tour of Geneva, which at first I was a bit skeptical about, since I couldn't for the life of me figure out how they were going to fill a whole two hour tour (Geneva is actually a pretty small town). But it was actually really good. It was very infomative and an hour of it was a walking tour of the old town. G and I learned a lot about the city and now, after our glowing review, our Swiss friends may be taking it too!
After the tour we picked up a car and headed over the boarder into the mideival town of Yvoire. It is on the French side of Lake Geneva, about a half hour out of town. I was there in the Summer with Chica, when the town was bustling with tourists. Winter is a bit different. Actually, very different. There were only 3 shops and one restaurant open in the whole town. The cathedral was open, so we popped in there, just to get in out of the cold. There were some other wayward tourists slowly wandering around the town too, so we knew we weren't alone. But the town really is charming, even in hibernation. We went to the little harbor and walked all the streets before returning to Geneva for dinner.
Sunday we went to the town on Biel about two hours to the East, halfway between Geneva and Zürich. There we visited with old friends of Mr. F. They were Swiss international students of Mr. F at Canada College back in the 80's and they still keep in touch. We visited with two families, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. We were shown all around town and were treated to a wonderful lunch and even had home made ice cream! The first family lives in an eco-friendly house that uses only 10% of the energy that a normal house would use. Planted outside is one of the only sequoia trees in all of Switzerland. It was great to get to know a new Swiss town, since neither G nor I had ever been to Biel before.
Sadly, on Monday morning my mom and Mr. F were heading back to the US and all too soon it was time to say goodbye. Although their visit was short, we had such a good time! We are so glad they were able to swing by to see us during their trip. :)
On our tour of Geneva
G on the longest bench in the world
The main gate to Yvoire
At the shore of the medieval town of Yvoire
Swiss friends of Mr. F from California
More Swiss friends of Mr. F from California
One of the only sequoia trees in all of Switzerland
These crazy "illuminated floating people" sculptures are still up in Geneva
posted by Swiss Miss | 14:35
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love the pic of obus and mother in law the best.
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