After walking around the city the previous night, we really wanted to enjoy the atmosphere Genève (Geneva) had to offer. The hostel we stayed at gave us free public travel tickets for the two days we were there, so we took advantage of that. We walked around the lake early in the morning eating some breakfast and headed to the water taxis that cross the lake. We took the public transport boat to old town and had a look around. While wondering though the streets of old town we came upon a chocolateteria. This was your standard Swiss chocolate shop that housed hundreds of different chocolate goodies. We browsed at bit and made our selection. When we paid for our items, the cashier offered us a sample of their specials for the day. I ate mine fairly quickly and looked towards Kristen who bounced her chocolate off of her lips and it hit the floor. She quickly picked it up and the cashier offered her another and holding his hand out to throw the slobbery one away. She made the next one in her mouth and we headed out to a court yard to enjoy our snacks. We toured old town some more looking though some shops and just checking out the culture. It was close to two so we headed back to our hostel to re-check into a private room. After getting changed, we headed back out towards the lake, grabbing some wine and beer as we went. The lake had a "public bath" which was just a dock area jutting out into the lake where people would layout, have lunch, take a nap, swim, splash and whatnot. We relaxed in the sun dangling our feet into the 58 degree water. Various people were taking laps out in the lake like it was nothing. We finally built up enough courage to take the plunge, and it was COLD! The lake water was so cold that it was numbing and as soon as you got out and into the sun you instantly dried. It was a strange feeling. After jumping into the freezing water a few more times we made our way back to the hostel to change. We got ready and made our way out across the street from our hostel to grab couple quick pizza, the cheapest sit down option in Genève. The server gave us our all french menus which we tried our best to decipher. We ordered a couple pizzas that had toppings that we could read for the most part. They both had a mystery ingredient that we couldn't read, but we thought we would take the chance. When our pizzas arrived my pizza consisted of ham, mushroom, olive and an over easy egg in the middle. Kristen's pizza consisted of mushroom, artichoke, olives and tuna fish. It turned out those mystery ingredients, the egg and tuna, were quite the surprise. They didn't look that appetizing, but they were really good believe it or not and we quickly cleaned our plates.
After walking around the city the previous night, we really wanted to enjoy the atmosphere Genève (Geneva) had to offer. The hostel we stayed at gave us free public travel tickets for the two days we were there, so we took advantage of that. We walked around the lake early in the morning eating some breakfast and headed to the water taxis that cross the lake. We took the public transport boat to old town and had a look around. While wondering though the streets of old town we came upon a chocolateteria. This was your standard Swiss chocolate shop that housed hundreds of different chocolate goodies. We browsed at bit and made our selection. When we paid for our items, the cashier offered us a sample of their specials for the day. I ate mine fairly quickly and looked towards Kristen who bounced her chocolate off of her lips and it hit the floor. She quickly picked it up and the cashier offered her another and holding his hand out to throw the slobbery one away. She made the next one in her mouth and we headed out to a court yard to enjoy our snacks. We toured old town some more looking though some shops and just checking out the culture. It was close to two so we headed back to our hostel to re-check into a private room. After getting changed, we headed back out towards the lake, grabbing some wine and beer as we went. The lake had a "public bath" which was just a dock area jutting out into the lake where people would layout, have lunch, take a nap, swim, splash and whatnot. We relaxed in the sun dangling our feet into the 58 degree water. Various people were taking laps out in the lake like it was nothing. We finally built up enough courage to take the plunge, and it was COLD! The lake water was so cold that it was numbing and as soon as you got out and into the sun you instantly dried. It was a strange feeling. After jumping into the freezing water a few more times we made our way back to the hostel to change. We got ready and made our way out across the street from our hostel to grab couple quick pizza, the cheapest sit down option in Genève. The server gave us our all french menus which we tried our best to decipher. We ordered a couple pizzas that had toppings that we could read for the most part. They both had a mystery ingredient that we couldn't read, but we thought we would take the chance. When our pizzas arrived my pizza consisted of ham, mushroom, olive and an over easy egg in the middle. Kristen's pizza consisted of mushroom, artichoke, olives and tuna fish. It turned out those mystery ingredients, the egg and tuna, were quite the surprise. They didn't look that appetizing, but they were really good believe it or not and we quickly cleaned our plates.
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