I woke up this morning feeling someone kicking my bed. Makenna had at some point, fallen off of her bed onto the floor. I’m not sure how long she had been there. We had planned for this possibility and put the top covers and other padding on the floor. What was weird is that she was turned the other way—her head at the bottom of the bed—and I highly doubt she turned around while on the floor as there was not much room. She crawled into bed with daddy while I got up and took a shower. I came out and found her fast asleep.
We finally got going and Chris drove for over 3 hours through the French Alps. We took some video and pictur
es. It was truly amazing. Think of those movies where people are driving around “S” curves on a high mountain and one wrong turn sends them flying down into a ravine. That was us today. In some spots there wasn’t even any guard rails which made Chris real nervous. We were also driving through these mountains through tunnels that were carved out.
We got to our hotel which is right on the edge of France and Switzerland. We checked in and then took off into Switzerland to see what we could find. We first found a bridge that was out so we had to keep telling the GPS to avoid road block. We finally got to the border and found no one there to check our passports – again. Now we’re wondering if borders were dissolved with the EU.
As we were driving to downtown Geneva, I found some of the buildings to be retro 70’s. It was like I was viewing the Brady Bunch. There was dark brown with teal and orange build
ings. We got into downtown Geneva, found a place to park and started walking. We found the Jet d’Eau which is a huge water jet that is Situated at the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhone River. It’s one of the city’s most famous landmarks. We then walked along the park that is along the water some more and found the also famous "Horloge fleurie,” which is the flower clock and is exactly what it sounds like.
We stopped to eat at a restaurant right there in the park. Chris and I shared a pizza which was pretty good. We knew it had meat on it, but were unsure, when ordering, what type of meat. It ended up being hamburger – I think. Makenna had chicken bites and fries, again, but didn’t eat any fries. In fact, she didn’t want to finish her chicken and was opting for ice cream. We put a few pieces of chicken on a plate and said, “You eat those and you can have some ice cream.” She started to gobble the first piece and we had to tell her to slow down. While her back was turned I added another piece for her to eat. Then again, I added another piece. She looked at her plate and grimaced with this face as if to say, “Hey, I know I was eating, how come there are mor
e pieces?!” We both started laughing and took away the extra piece. We did get her ice cream and us one to share. It was good to taste real ice cream again. In fact, Chris wished we had gotten chocolate as he kept having some of Makenna’s.
We took off walking again to find a bank machine so that we could get some Swiss Francs. Even though the Swiss are part of the EU they don’t use the standard Euro. While looking we saw another merry-go-round. Makenna was anxious to go on it but we had no money. We finally found a place and went back up to the merry-go-round. She got into a car and went around herself. She had an absolute blast! We video taped her and at one point as she was coming around, I heard her say, “Come on stupid!” I was laughing so hard. When it was over, we had to tell her that other kids needed a turn and off we went. We found St. Peter’s Cathedral (Cathedr
ale St. Pierre) which is one of the places we’re planning on visiting tomorrow. We walked up to it anyways just to see if it happened to be open but no luck.
We then walked back to our car and headed back to the hotel. On the way back, we could see the clouds resting on the Alps. It was really neat to see, especially with the sun going down behind it. When we got back I gave Makenna her first bubble bath. She seemed to really enjoy it and it was nice because she didn’t splash around as much. Plus who knew all it takes is an em
pty water bottle and a cup to keep a child content in a bath tub. I’ll have to try that at home.
We finally got going and Chris drove for over 3 hours through the French Alps. We took some video and pictur
es. It was truly amazing. Think of those movies where people are driving around “S” curves on a high mountain and one wrong turn sends them flying down into a ravine. That was us today. In some spots there wasn’t even any guard rails which made Chris real nervous. We were also driving through these mountains through tunnels that were carved out.We got to our hotel which is right on the edge of France and Switzerland. We checked in and then took off into Switzerland to see what we could find. We first found a bridge that was out so we had to keep telling the GPS to avoid road block. We finally got to the border and found no one there to check our passports – again. Now we’re wondering if borders were dissolved with the EU.
As we were driving to downtown Geneva, I found some of the buildings to be retro 70’s. It was like I was viewing the Brady Bunch. There was dark brown with teal and orange build
ings. We got into downtown Geneva, found a place to park and started walking. We found the Jet d’Eau which is a huge water jet that is Situated at the point where Lake Geneva empties into the Rhone River. It’s one of the city’s most famous landmarks. We then walked along the park that is along the water some more and found the also famous "Horloge fleurie,” which is the flower clock and is exactly what it sounds like.
We stopped to eat at a restaurant right there in the park. Chris and I shared a pizza which was pretty good. We knew it had meat on it, but were unsure, when ordering, what type of meat. It ended up being hamburger – I think. Makenna had chicken bites and fries, again, but didn’t eat any fries. In fact, she didn’t want to finish her chicken and was opting for ice cream. We put a few pieces of chicken on a plate and said, “You eat those and you can have some ice cream.” She started to gobble the first piece and we had to tell her to slow down. While her back was turned I added another piece for her to eat. Then again, I added another piece. She looked at her plate and grimaced with this face as if to say, “Hey, I know I was eating, how come there are mor
e pieces?!” We both started laughing and took away the extra piece. We did get her ice cream and us one to share. It was good to taste real ice cream again. In fact, Chris wished we had gotten chocolate as he kept having some of Makenna’s.We took off walking again to find a bank machine so that we could get some Swiss Francs. Even though the Swiss are part of the EU they don’t use the standard Euro. While looking we saw another merry-go-round. Makenna was anxious to go on it but we had no money. We finally found a place and went back up to the merry-go-round. She got into a car and went around herself. She had an absolute blast! We video taped her and at one point as she was coming around, I heard her say, “Come on stupid!” I was laughing so hard. When it was over, we had to tell her that other kids needed a turn and off we went. We found St. Peter’s Cathedral (Cathedr
ale St. Pierre) which is one of the places we’re planning on visiting tomorrow. We walked up to it anyways just to see if it happened to be open but no luck.We then walked back to our car and headed back to the hotel. On the way back, we could see the clouds resting on the Alps. It was really neat to see, especially with the sun going down behind it. When we got back I gave Makenna her first bubble bath. She seemed to really enjoy it and it was nice because she didn’t splash around as much. Plus who knew all it takes is an em
pty water bottle and a cup to keep a child content in a bath tub. I’ll have to try that at home.This collage is of different things we saw as we walked around in Switzerland. Click on it to see a larger version of the pictures.
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