David took the train from New Carrollton to Newark to get onto a direct flight to Geneva. He got in at ~8 A.M. on Sunday and didn't sleep much on the plane. He was able to check into the hotel early and (after testing the alarm twice) took a one-hour nap. Then he took a quick bus to the downtown area by Lake Geneva and the Rhone River. David doesn't use/own a watch, and his cell phone didn't connect to anything, so he considered buying a Swiss time piece. After looking at the prices, he decided to just use the digital camera to help tell time.
David walked across bridges over the Rhone to see both the Left Bank and Right Bank sides of town. The weather was overcast and very windy, so the famous water jet fountain in the lake was not operating.
There were many sailboats on the lake taking advantage of the winds. David did see some historic buildings, several lovely parks and gardens, and even watched a little of a club soccer match. For dinner, David went to Les Armures and had pumpkin soup to warm up and then Swiss sausage and rösti. He'd entered the restaurant right behind someone David knows from the CEOP group, along with his wife. He is mostly retired, and they live in the Eastport section of Annapolis, very close to the SPCA where Alison works.David took his work laptop (which is really great because it is so small and can last about all day without needing power, especially because the Swiss use different electrical plugs), but the wireless is not working at the hotel. There is a computer in the lobby, and it uses a Swiss keyboard. Most of the letters are the same, but the punctuation/special characters are really moved around. The y and z keys (or is that the z and y keys?) are switched, making it a QWERTZ keyboard. There's plenty of power and wireless within the WMO building. David's decided to listen at ~75% and post to the blog, rather than fall asleep during the meeting from jet lag and sleep deprivation.
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