September 14, 2022
In Geneva
I am guilty of checking the weather on the web way too frequently when organizing a trip. Web weather information hits home quickly with a single picture and you really want to see the big blazing sun. When I receive the picture of grey clouds with drops falling, I might select other sites until I find a more agreeable forecast. Today there was no escaping the pictures of raindrops and when we woke the pictures were indeed accurate. But having planned two nights at this hotel all was fine as we lounged around and prepared for our departure tomorrow.
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Just after mid-day the weather was clearing, and we wandered over to a mall across the street. While I would not suggest that a trip to the Balexert shopping center qualifies as a serious tourism, and although I have very limited experience with mall viewing, it was an impressive facility. Without going into any boring details, according to Wikipedia, it is the largest shopping centre in French-speaking Switzerland and one of the largest in Switzerland. It is even the busiest shopping center in Switzerland in terms of attendance with 8.5 million customers per year. Check. Pat shopped and I was patient.
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The mall outing was so exhausting that an afternoon nap was in order. Time change can be so brutal. Later, we again took our bikes for a quick ride down to the city centre to explore the north side of the lake. The weather was really warm and the sun poked through every so often. Quite pleasant. We stopped at a small park, le Jardin des Alpes, just across the road from Lake Geneva. There was a small restaurant in the park overlooking the Brunswick Monument where we enjoyed a drink and more tapas.
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Welcome to this side of the pond.
We look forward to reading your blog.
Love your Lisbon painting.
And the sot with your wine bottle and over eager neighbors.
Cheers
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Becoming more familiar with the city centre riding we were able to dash home just before the skies opened again. The web pictures for evening weather had lightning bolts and were right again. But the weather pictures are on an improving trend as we head out tomorrow to start the tour. Off to Morges just over 50kms along the north side of Lake Geneva. Should get lots of great views of the lake then.
Today's ride: 18 km (11 miles)
Total: 31 km (19 miles)
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