May 9, 2010 - Arriving in Geneva!

After Jason, Natalie and April munched on a traditional German breakfast of cold cuts, cheese and bread (all of which I got to sample, since I got to go inside the restaurant again!), we set off from Fribourg to my new home, Geneva!

We drove through the rest of Germany at record speed and arrived into Switzerland just before noon. For lunch, we stopped in Lausanne. Lausanne is a very cute town on the right bank of Lake Geneva.  On this particular day, there was a carnival running through downtown that caused the city to be incredibly noisy and busy. I wasn't much into it and from what I gather, neither was April.

We found a restaurant for lunch (and to get away from the crowds), which was called La Brasserie. La Brasserie is a brewery and specializes in unique beers. Natalie and Jason both got the beer of the day, which was a peach-beer. Even though I didn't try it, from what I gathered it was very refreshing.

Natalie, Jason and April all got the 'Poutine' for lunch. 'Poutine' is a dish that consists of french fries, topped with melted cheddar cheese, merguez sausage and a brown gravy. From what I could smell and the pieces I got fed under the table, it was really rich, but very delicious.

After lunch, we all rushed out of Lausanne, after a Starbucks break, of course and made the final trek to Geneva.

We arrived in Geneva late that afternoon and drove right through it! This surprised me, because that is where I thought I'd be living. Natalie and Jason quickly calmed me down though, and told me we were actually living in a suburb of Geneva, called Anieres. Anieres is about 25 minutes North East of Geneva on the left bank of the Lake.

Now that my confusion got cleared up, I could rest my anxiety and take in all the scenery and beautiful blue lake around me as we were driving up to my new house!

We finally got to our house and I was pleasantly surprised to see that our home was in a very quaint countryside. There were farm animals all around me (cows, donkeys and goats!), vineyards and lots of green land to sniff! This was definitely going to be a very fun place to live.

I stepped inside the home and besides all of the boxes everywhere (the movers had just arrived with all of our items from SF about a week prior), the home was very cute. My first thought was that it had a Swiss Chalet feel. Once it gets set-up properly, I'll send pictures.

Jason had gifts waiting for all three of us when we got in. Natalie and April both got sweets and I got toys and treats!

(The gifts display from Jason for me, Natalie and April!)

After we assessed the place and unpacked a bit, we were off again to dinner. Dinner for our first night in our new town was in Carouge, which is just south of Geneva. We went to pizza and I got to sit inside the restaurant again and sample all the tasty food.

After dinner, we went back to our very cluttered, yet charming apartment and I rested and slept very well in my familiar bed with my favorite people.

Paws,
Sabrina