Thursday, December 11, 2014

Carouge, Switzerland - Nearly Geneva, Part One


Well, Mr. Paradis has sworn


that we will never


set foot in Switzerland again.


Our holiday planned for Switzerland last September


fell apart in a very expensive way.


Bookings that were not honored.  Long elaborate fantasies that were spun by a certain travel accommodations booking agency.  And a great deal of my time wasted on the phone with dishonest people.  It happens, I guess, doesn't it?  But it's discouraging.  It makes you very distrustful.


Train passes had to be cancelled and were not fully refunded.



I had had a lovely image of Switzerland.  A nation that loves its chocolate and its cows  (Two of my favorite things!)  What's not to like?


I had really wanted to see its mountains in all their glory.  Something I hadn't done since college.


When I was half asleep on a night train at Christmas.


Our travel book did not really even cover Geneva.  The writers seem to think it's uninteresting.


But since we were only 40 minutes away.  We felt we had to visit.


We went on a Friday, so missed the Carouge Saturday market.  Which is supposed


to be one of the biggest flea markets in Europe.


I did think that Carouge was a lovely place.  The kind that is ever more disappearing these days.


It's a village which seems to have become a suburb just to the Southeast of Geneva.  If you want to see more, do come back for Part Two!  Would you go to Geneva just to see this?  I might.  I would visit Carouge again.  But I would have a different plan for the rest of Switzerland.  You know what?  Even the Lindt chocolate let me down!  It's so sad to have to say that.

But Carouge Part Two?  You'll see.......











4 comments:

  1. Géniale cette visite ! j'attends la suite :)

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  2. I'm so glad you got to return! A magical place indeed. This past summer we were in Italy and France and I am just now getting to blogging about our trip! I'll be back...

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  3. Ohhh, that is SO discouraging!! How frustrating to have to deal with dishonest people on a trip that should've brought so much happiness. XO

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  4. i was never in carouge, while visiting geneva. i think my hosts weren't into it that much. fortunately landscapes do not have to be swiss to be wonderful, i have good memories of the city and lake, but the french surrounds are just as charming. oh, and cheaper. and there's always côte d'or (if we're talking chocolate)... ;))) n♥

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