June 14th-15th, 2011
As I write this from the guest bedroom in Ali’s beautiful home in Geneva, I can’t believe almost two days have gone by since I left L.A. at 5:30am yesterday morning.
Travel time: 1 hour drive to Orange County airport, 2 hour flight to Denver, 6 hour layover at the Denver Airport, 10 hour flight to Frankfurt, 2 hour layover in Frankfurt, 1 hour flight to Geneva.
Thank goodness I finally made it. After I showered and napped at Ali’s, we took the train into town. In Geneva, everyone uses the train system to get to and from downtown, which is such a nice difference from Los Angeles. Once we arrived in the city and exchanged money at a bank, we walked up the street and passed a Starbucks, where a latte costs 8 francs (which is equal to about 9 U.S. dollars). Everything in Switzerland is so expensive, which is definitely going to take some getting used to! Ali and I stopped at a bar/restaurant called Cactus and enjoyed Happy Hour with her old friend Pasi. He was kind enough to buy us all two rounds of fancy drinks, and the bartender didn’t even ask to see our I.D.s because the drinking age is 16 for beer and wine and 18 for all other types of alcohol. Around 9:30pm, the jetlag settled in and we took the train back to Ali’s for dinner and sleep.
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| Enjoying a Tequila Sunrise at Cactus |
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| View of Geneva from the airplane |
We are glad to hear that you are safe and sound. Love, Mom and Dad.
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