Back in the very beginning of October (the 7th October to be precise, and before I my phone somehow wiped a load of photos off itself), I had my first rare free day off during the week. A friend from French class called Lejla, (who lives 5 minutes away from me in Gex) and I decided to start the tour of ‘Lac Leman’.
A post card of the lake…………..
The postcard pretty much shows the mountain range that I can see fro my house. Cool huh!? Lejla and I made a pact that we are going to visit every place around the lake (not that she is going to be able to fulfill the pact, as she’s going back home in December to continue with study’s, I will brave the rest of the tour myself!!). We ticked off three places that day though. It was inevitably going to be a good a good day because we saw this amazing rainbow as we set off on our journey.
No pot of gold though…………….....
Our first stop was an information center in Dionne. We came out with a ton of maps and leaflets about places to visit, which now clutter my junk draw. We stopped in Coppet for a little wonder.
Praise the flag………………………......
It was a cold, wet and windy day, perfect for the swan…………….
We then drove on to Nyon, which would be the main destination of the day! It’s a big old town, which the Romans left some remains of their time there.
We set out to find some food first though. But thirst got to me first however……..
I am determined to get in my board shorts one day and take a dip in one of these. They are everywhere! Searching for food turned out to be a bit expensive.
When we did find food we could kind of afford, it was delicious……………….
The guy behind me helped the waitress translate what we wanted as our French was pretty bad after only a month of lessons. The man wasn’t there however to help out with the water situation. Always order natural water!!! Tap water!!! It will be the most expensive bottle of water I have ever paid for! 4.50 Swiss Francs! Why did it have to cost that much? It’s not like I was paying them to climb the nearest mountain and find a natural spring for me to drink from. I could have done that myself!
The chateau with the most amazing view……….
Yes, that view includes moi……..
The actual view……………..
I even picked out my cosy little home (the one with the hangers)……………….
My new friend………………..
Charge me up…………………..
I did not realize these electric car charge stations actually existed!! Why in this random town in Switzerland too? But they are already unused! Huh!
After wondering around Nyon all afternoon, we ended the day back in Dionne purchasing some delightful French macaroons.
These would make good Christmas present’s I f I knew I wasn’t likely to eat them all first…………
We got a ton of different flavors and ate them as we took a walk around the lake in Dionne!
A perfect finish to a leisurely day!
As it would happen, the following weekend I went to Nyon again with a small group. Caitlin, Victoria and myself picked up Elisabeth (who lives in Nyon) and wondered the town. We met a friend of Elisabeth’s while we were wondering who joined us for the evening.
Victoria, Caitlin and Elisabeth………..
We discovered this wall…………….
It’s amazing! It depicts what a roman building that was once there would have looked like. We later ate some more crêpes, which seems to be the thing to eat in Nyon now. However we didn’t want to end the night so had a big sleep over at Catlin’s (where I gushed about my love for LUSH all night!), which meant that Victoria came to church with us, which was cool. We continued to hang out at Caitlin’s the next day, watching films and skyping family.
So all in all a good weekend me thinks!
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