Grand Saconnex

On Monday afternoon, we arrived in Geneva, Switzerland. We were met at the airport by Camille’s uncle, grandmother (Lucette) and great-aunt. After kisses hello, we drove to Lucette’s apartment in the town of Grand Saconnex, and had some fresh homemade apple pie. We conversed about our plans in French while Corinne sat and watched. After a while, we went for a short walk around the neighborhood before returning home to help prepare for dinner. Camille’s other uncle, his lover (as introduced) and cousin came over for Croute au Fromage (the Swiss version of a grilled cheese- kind of). After ice cream and some amusing “Friends” in French, we headed to bed.

Today, Tuesday, we woke up early and had a bountiful breakfast of tartines (break with butter and jam) and hot chocolate. Afterwards we ran errands with Lucette. We stopped by the farmer’s market, the pharmacy for some cream for Camille’s bug bites, and the bank before returning home for a lunch of chicken with mushrooms, grilled potatoes, carrots and salad. We rested for a bit before heading out again, this time to downtown Geneva with Lucette.

We stopped to buy some bus passes and continued on to the shopping district where we purchased (what we think is) skirt steak while Lucette went to buy her coffee. After a miscommunication, we spent a good half hour roaming around in search of Lucette. Finally, we found each other and celebrated with ice-cream. Afterwards, we walked along Lake Geneva and viewed the famous Jet d’Eau and flower clock before heading home.

After purchasing a few more ingredients at the store, we made Lucette dinner (“skirt” steak and tomato, mozzarella salad) and some delicious bread pudding for dessert. Camille’s cousin came over for a haircut and afterwards we settled into bed for another early night’s sleep (we are tired!).