After the Lake Parade weekend, we had a couple quiet days seeing some of the local museums and enjoying the life of a local. We walked through 2 musuesms, Le Musée d'Art et d'Histoire as well as Le Maison Tavel located here in Old Town, and both were free admission! They showed wonderful pieces of art from around the geneva region as well as an old large model of the town of Geneva from way back, when most of the city wasn't even built yet. Then we spent a day at the Bain des Paquis laying out in the sun, people watching and swimming in the lake.
We walked around the town, and couldn't find too many wineries that were open but stumbled upon a really cute one that served local wines from St. Saphorin. We tried three of their Chasseles, which are delicious white wines
and one rosé of the region. After finishing our wine, we started our walk through the vineyards. We saw spectacular views of the lake, the vineyards and the mountains. The pictures don't do it justice, but the colors of the blue lake, the green vines, the brown mountains and blue sky just popped out at us. It was beautiful.
We spent a day in Lausanne, going to the Olympic Museum, which if you're into the Olympics or not, is a great museum. It gave a great history of the Olympics, not just the about the athletes, but about the organization behind the event and how it has been affected throughout history and how it has affected historty. It was really something to see.
We also spent a day going to Yvoire to eat crepes. Travers and I had been there before and got savory crepes at this little restaurant there. They are the best crepes we have had to date. The Swiss don't make them as good as the French apparently, because no matter where else we try them, they just don't compare to the ones in Yvoire. I will definitely go back to Yvoire just for the crepes. Yumm.
For Katy's 2nd weekend with us,Travers and I took her on a train to Zermatt, which if you don't know, is where the Matterhorn is. We left early Saturday morning and arrived about mid-day in Zermatt. We got off the train and walked into a very cute picturesque town. We checked into our hotel and immediately got on our hiking gear to start our hike up the mountain. Unforutately, most times, the actual top of the Matterhorn is not visible due to fog/clouds that tend to sit right on top of it. We got a few small glimpses as we continued on our hike, but nothing completely clear. Something to strive for next time. But we had a great time and got some good exercising in. We topped it off with a night out on the town with some friends of ours that happened to be there the same weekend. Oh and yes, there were goats there too.We made it back to Geneva and the rest of the week, Katy and I hung out, braved the rain (yes it was raining again in mid-July), and just relaxed and caught up on all the things we've missed back in San Francisco. One of her last night's in Geneva was, of course, spent eating fondue, which is a must when coming to visit. We tried a new place this time called Restaurant des Antiquaires up in Old Town. The fondue was delicious and the service was great. A perfect ending to a fabulous visit.
Oh and I almost forgot, we did go out the night before Katy left to the pre-Fêtes de Genève. This is a month long festival all along the lakefront of Geneva. Local restaurants set up booths for food and drinks, there are stages set up at various locations where live music is played all night long, and just today, I saw lots of rides, rollercoasters, and carnival-type games set up along the Rive Gauche near Travers' office. I'm sure I'll have more stories of this festival as the month goes on.
For now, Au Revoir Katy! Tu me manques (I miss you). xoxo
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