Switzerland - Day 1 (Geneva)

An unfortunate start to our trip when we receieved a text message at 5:30 in the morning to inform us that our flight was cancelled. It had been very foggy the past few days, and a lot of earlier flights had been cancelled. Although the weather was now clear, we were hit by the knock-on effect. We quickly scrambled to find another flight as we didn't want to ruin all our plans (hotel and restaurant booking included), and luckily managed to get an (expensive) Easyjet flight from Luton. We were away!

Because of the later flight, we didn't arrive in Geneva until the later afternoon, by which time the sun was already setting. It was an invigorating one or two degrees in temperature. We had a comfortable train ride (the first of many!) ito the city and found Hotel Edelweiss, which was whimsically decorated in wood with painted flowers.

Our greeting treat - chocolate and Xmas peanuts!

We got out and about for a quick walk before dinner. The faux iceberg on Mont Blanc island:

We weren't out for very long as we had a dinner booking at the fancypants Brasserie du Parc for Frank's birthday. We took a taxi around the shore of Lake Geneva to the restuarant, a chateaux nestled in beautiful grounds.

It was intimidating to begin with, as we were the first people there, not to mention that we were feeling a little rugged after the day's scrambling about. The multi-course menu of rich but off-putting food (foie gras) didn't help - but I had it good with my vegetarian plates.

The others started enjoying themselves once the gourmet ouer d'oeuvres were over, and the 6th and final course of delicious cakes was a delight.