And Then Suddenly, Switzerland!

This morning was a rush to pack up and head to the train station to board our ride to Geneva. During the three-hour tour, Heather and I watched The Aristocats and Ratatouille (unfinished business from Paris) while taking pictures of scenic Swiss views... when they weren't blocked by the ridiculous amount of trees we saw along the way.

Checking into our hotel room, we found it to be the most luxurious and spacious yet! Nevertheless, we hurried right off to tour the United Nations headquarters... which quickly came to a halt when Heather and I didn't have our passports on us. We got back before the next tour (the last one of the day), but it had already filled up! Oh well. Our initial plan was to go tomorrow anyway, so nothing has really changed. It was still a nice day for taking pictures, so we spent some time doing that before returning to the hotel.

For dinner, we kept up our Friday night pizza tradition by finding a pizzeria. The pizza was great, but I found it funny that we were speaking French in an Italian restaurant. (Although Italian is an official language of Switzerland, it seems that Geneva likes French the best!) I guess I'll just have to wait till tomorrow to break out the Italian. It's too bad- I've got my family pretty well trained to say hello, thank you, and goodbye in French. Now they'll have to pick up some new words...

The one thing we really need to do that we haven't yet is get our hands on some good Swiss chocolate. Fortunately, our plans for tomorrow include such a stop.

Just your typical Swiss countryside...

The Parade of Flags outside the UN headquarters.