We
took the Golden Pass Express once again to
Montreaux. From Montreax we took a general train
(no panoramic train) to Geneva. The Golden Pass
Express route was also very scenic . One thing I
distinctly remember about this route were Sunflower
fields and miles and miles of them. So also were
a lot of vineyards. Once you reach Geneva a
distinct change is observed -- all signs at
stations change from German to French.This
western part of Switzerland is French influenced
while the eastern part is
German influenced. English is anyway understood
everywhere but at Geneva we did come across some
people who know only French. Geneva is a big city
like Zurich. Geneva has many distinguished
organization buildings like the united nations
and the international committee of red cross. We
got fresh and then went out for lunch at burger
king. We then took a tram and went to see Jet
d'Eau. This is a
fountain - a jet of water springs out and goes up
about 140 mtrs. This is around Lake Geneva (Lac
Leman). There was also a Flower Clock
in
the English Garden (Jardin d'anglais). We sat
there for a while had ice-cream and returned to
hotel. As Aai- Baba were tired they sat at the
hotel while we bought dinner for them. We both
then went out strolling , had dinner at a Chinese
restaurant along with some french wine. Just
strolling after dinner we found a cyber cafe .
You cannot stay away from internet for long... we
got in and paid for 1/2 hr (3 CHF ) and checked
all our mails which had been pending for so many
days. Back home.
Next
morning Sandeep and myself went to see the Chillon
Castle at Montreaux. Aai - Baba
were going to be resting at the hotel. The
Chillon Castle was not according to our
expectations. Probably we had something else in
mind our expectations were too high. To tell a
little about the castle - it is from 13th century
and in pretty good shape. It has a lot of history
behind it which I don't intend to write
here.Pizza for lunch and back to hotel by train.
We had "falafel" a Mediterranean dish,
for dinner that night. We were too tired to see
Jet d'Eau in the night with illumination and went
off to bed.
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