My Morning Walk Around Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
鈥楲uxury鈥� and 鈥榗omfort鈥� are two words聽often associated together when discussing聽travel.聽Luxury聽is defined as 鈥榮omething that provides pleasure or comfort鈥�.聽Comfort聽is defined as being in a 鈥榮tate of physical ease with freedom from pain or constraint鈥�.聽However for me,聽it came to be that during a morning in Geneva, Switzerland, the two did not fit agreeably in the same bag, and instead made quite an uncomfortable experience.
Having rushed to catch a train to Geneva on a Saturday, I arrived in the city on an empty stomach having not had time to eat breakfast. I studied the station map closely to look for lockers where I could store my backpack, and went wrong twice. When I finally聽found the area shown on the map, I still couldn鈥檛 see them. Commuters were rushing around so it was hard to find anybody to ask, and聽I couldn鈥檛 seem to find any staff. Fed up and not wanting to waste time exploring, I decided to just take the backpack with me. Big mistake.
If you walk down the Rue des Alpes onto the Quai du Mont-Blanc, you can admire the famous Jet d鈥橢au which shoots聽seven tonnes of water into the air, towering over the flock of yachts that look up at it in silent awe.聽Flicked by the sun鈥檚聽rays, the water was sometimes painted with聽rainbow colours. Swans glided over the shimmering water (the blue colour of which was a pleasant change from views of the Thames) which flows in from the River Rh么ne. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Having rushed to catch a train to Geneva on a Saturday, I arrived in the city on an empty stomach having not had time to eat breakfast. I studied the station map closely to look for lockers where I could store my backpack, and went wrong twice. When I finally聽found the area shown on the map, I still couldn鈥檛 see them. Commuters were rushing around so it was hard to find anybody to ask, and聽I couldn鈥檛 seem to find any staff. Fed up and not wanting to waste time exploring, I decided to just take the backpack with me. Big mistake.
If you walk down the Rue des Alpes onto the Quai du Mont-Blanc, you can admire the famous Jet d鈥橢au which shoots聽seven tonnes of water into the air, towering over the flock of yachts that look up at it in silent awe.聽Flicked by the sun鈥檚聽rays, the water was sometimes painted with聽rainbow colours. Swans glided over the shimmering water (the blue colour of which was a pleasant change from views of the Thames) which flows in from the River Rh么ne. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: My Morning Walk Around Geneva
Guide Location: Switzerland » Geneva
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Shannon Colman
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Guide Location: Switzerland » Geneva
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Shannon Colman
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Jet d鈥橢au
- Pont du Mont-Blanc
- English Garden
- Cathedrale Saint-Pierre
- Parc des Bastions
- Grand Rue
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