Is it the museums, the chuches, the castles, the palaces, the football, the history or the beautiful women? Probably all of the above =) I've got all the credentials to prove my Europhone status, too. European Studies major, 3 years of French study, six months in France, boring people to tears with my constant recitation of European history facts. Been to France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, England, Germany, Austria and Italy. And still so many more countries to go.
Here's another picture from the student exchange archive, circa 2003-2004. It's of the Jet d'Eau at Lake Geneva. Jet d'Eau literally means jet of water, and true to form, the Jet d'Eau is quite literally a, you guessed it, jet of water. Two jets of water, actually. If you had turned the camera round the other way, you would have seen the other jet of water. Trivia fact for the boh liao: it once featured on an episode of Amazing Race. I'd tell you which season, but I'm not geeky enough. Unfortunately, I've lost that jumper I'm wearing in the picture. Left it on a bus about two years back *weep*
Switzerland's a lovely place, really. It's not hard to see why the gahmen's so obsessed with emulating them. Geneva was only like, a 2 hour train ride from Grenoble. It's nice and (largely) clean, the people are friendly, and they speak SUCH clear French without swallowing their consonants, as the French are so fond of doing. The Belgians speak so clearly too. Hopefully, I'll be back in la Suisse next year, but that's still a long way to go....
Here's another picture of Geneva before I go. It's a huge structure just outside of the United Nations. It's meant to symbolise the landmine victims of the world. Personally, I like to call it, "How effective the UN is"
No comments:
Post a Comment