News Item: : Swiss trip
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Posted by Ba
Monday 07 May 2007 - 11:39:25
Did you know horse meat is a delicacy in Switzerland? Well, I had no idea until I went there. Just got back from a 2 week trip to Switzerland near the French border. As a matter of fact, our hotel is in France, while the client site is in Switzerland. When you're getting used to the increasingly tight security along the Canada-United States border, it's truly amazing when you see how open the border is between Switzerland and France. We'd drive through the border that is often unmanned on both sides of the border. Once in a while you see a police officer at the booth (no they don't use border guards). Of course they speak French and we wouldn't know what they want. But at no time did we have to show our passports. Oh, on another country road (and there's probably more), there's no booth at all. Go figure!
We did manage to find time on Sunday to visit Geneva, which is about a 30 minute drive. Took a one-hour boat cruise on Lake Geneva. Absolutely beautiful! Makes you wish you could live at one of the gorgeous houses around the lake. Overall, it was a good trip. No, I didn't try the horse meat.
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Posted by Ba
Monday 07 May 2007 - 11:39:25
Did you know horse meat is a delicacy in Switzerland? Well, I had no idea until I went there. Just got back from a 2 week trip to Switzerland near the French border. As a matter of fact, our hotel is in France, while the client site is in Switzerland. When you're getting used to the increasingly tight security along the Canada-United States border, it's truly amazing when you see how open the border is between Switzerland and France. We'd drive through the border that is often unmanned on both sides of the border. Once in a while you see a police officer at the booth (no they don't use border guards). Of course they speak French and we wouldn't know what they want. But at no time did we have to show our passports. Oh, on another country road (and there's probably more), there's no booth at all. Go figure!
We did manage to find time on Sunday to visit Geneva, which is about a 30 minute drive. Took a one-hour boat cruise on Lake Geneva. Absolutely beautiful! Makes you wish you could live at one of the gorgeous houses around the lake. Overall, it was a good trip. No, I didn't try the horse meat.
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