Europe Road Trip, Part 2

After 3 days in Paris we said goodbye to Erica's cousin and drove to Geneva, Switzerland. It ended up being the sunniest and warmiest day of our trip, and we spent it in the car for 6 hours! The countryside was beautiful but the toll road was not: over 55 euros to get from the top of France to the bottom!!! We made it to Geneva, met up with Zac's sister Anna, and went out to "The Swiss Chicken" for dinner- sounds like a diner but it was actually a charming bistro sort of place with big salads and of course chicken. The next day we walked around Geneva, seeing the cathedral
the Reformation Memorial, the Reformation Museum (we didn't go in as it cost money)
and the iconic Geneva fountain, here pictured with the lovely Anna.
Then we head 2 hours north into the Alps and visited the beautiful little village of Gimmelwald.
We had to ride up a gondola to get there (no cars are allowed). The weather was sunny and warm and we hiked in the Alps and drank the fresh mountain water that pours out of the village's taps. We would love to return there sometime!
For our next outing we returned to France (just minutes away from Anna's place) to the town of Annecy, where we played Frisbee next to a icy-cold lake (the weather was again fairly warm and we got hot, so I stuck a toe in to cool off- and my toe nearly froze off!). Annecy's town centre has a series of canals and cobblestone streets which we walked along, it is very picturesque.
From there, we spent one more day in Geneva checking out the great collection at the Museum of Art and History (or something like that) and then headed to the Black Forest, Germany!
Erica's favorite thing in Switzerland: hiking in the Alps at Gimmelwald!
Zac's favorite thing in Switzerland: good cheap chocolate!