Day Three

You may be wondering if I will keep going with my numbered days (ultimately it could get up to 90 by the end of my summer if not more), perhaps I will.

Today was much better than yesterday. Although my sleeping schedule is still out of whack. I'm going to bed around 3 or 4 in the morning. Not good. But hopefully my schedule will be back on track tomorrow night seeing that I have to be at work tomorrow morning.

Moving on...I figured out the whole train system, or so I think, which gave me a boost of confidence. Although I misread the schedules (which are all in French) and waited at the wrong platform for the train back to my apartment, which in turn resulted in me having to wait an extra hour to catch the next train. Ugh. Oh well. Lucky I had my Switzerland travel book and was able to read more about the best places to visit for views of the Swiss Alps.

I'll be riding the train lots of places since we aren't in the city. Today on my dry run to work there were two teeny boppers (in every sense of the word) that had there boom boxes on their shoulders and the volume was maxed out (on the train). I swear it was Modest Mouse but in French. The Swiss seem to be conservative folks that don't like a lot of raucous. So the Swiss lady sitting adjacent to me kept giving them dirty looks. Ximena, the lady who rented us her apartment even warned us not to do laundry on Sundays because the Swiss like it quiet. I didn't know that doing laundry, which is located in the basement (with concrete walls and all) was loud. Anyway back to my story....the "boom boxes" were the speakers you get for your iPod. It felt like I was living in the 80s and I was waiting for them to start breakdancing on the train, but it didn't happen.

I also found out that there's an American supermarket somewhere in the Paquis neighborhood (not that I have any idea where that is) but I'm really wanting some peanut butter and bagels, both of which I can't find in Swiss grocery stores.

Have I mentioned how expensive this place is? In all my guide books, they have a recommended list of "inexpensive" restaurants, and meals at these "inexpensive" restaurants in Geneva are $20 and up (one meal for one person) Yikes! I also was looking at some day excursions in Geneva. $200 for a guided tour of Mont Blanc (the mountain, technically located in France that overlooks the city of Geneva. Another Yikes!

Lucky for me my pops is a generous man and gives me unlimited access to his mastercard. What would I do without my fabulous parents?

Au Revoir.