Saturday 6/25 -I

Three-and-a-half hours of wandering around Switzerland
(not sure if this really counts as a work out...but oh well)

It was my last day in Switzerland, and I had time to kill in the evening before I had to meet my family and another family at a restaurant in town for dinner. So I decided to go shopping for Swiss souvenirs to bring back to my friends in the US. I had forgotten, however, that in Switzerland everything closes early on Saturdays, so none of the shops I wanted to go to were open. So instead of shopping I just wandered around my little town of Versoix, took the train into Geneva, and wandered around there. It wasn't really a workout but I felt like I walked really far, and my feet hurt by the end of it (I was wearing sandals). I decided to use mapmyrun.com to map out my excursion. I made two maps- on for the part of my walk in my neighborhood and one for the part in Geneva.

Versoix:
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/39000792/ (note- if you click on Map Options and then Satellite and then zoom in a little it'll be more interesting because you can actually see what my neighborhood looks like)
Geneva:http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/39003784/

Click on the Notes tab to see my notes about each letter marker I put down. I'll also put them here in case you were too lazy to click on the link to the map:

Versoix:

Walked through my highschool

Realized store #1 was closed

Realized store #2 was closed

Realized every store in Switzerland closes early on Saturday

Took the train into Geneva (about 15 minutes)

Geneva:

Bought a pastry at one of the many bakeries in the train station

Bought an ice cream cone. It was ridiculously expensive (3.70 francs for a single scoop?? that's over 4 dollars!) but I had to use up all my Swiss money anyway.

Avoided a man wearing a corset who was handing out flyers

Nostalgic "this is where I graduated!" moment

Watched some of an intense beach volleyball tournament

Took a boat across the lake (they are part of the public transportation and you use the same ticket that you use to take the train or bus)

Ran into two of my coworkers sitting outside Starbucks. It was nice to get to say goodbye to them.

Met my family at the restaurant. It was the most (stereo)typically Swiss place ever- complete with fondue, yodeling, cowbells, and alpenhorns

Ok so the website says I only walked for 5 miles - it felt like more. Still, even if it wasn't much exercise, and even though I didn't get to buy souvenirs (I got some at the airport the next day) it was a nice way to say goodbye to Switzerland.