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James and Ellie in Europe
Day 1 - Harry Potter and dining with Inspector Gadget
We'd only been out of the country for an hour before we made what could well be the purchase of the trip already!!
I speak, of course, of the Harry Potter Top Trumps :o)
We had no hassle at the airport and got straight on a train to Cornavin Station. Only no-one told us that this is the 'other' name for Geneva Main Station..... so we got off the train a stop too late - ending up in Lausanne 2days early!!!
So we turned up to our Hostel an hour and a half later than we expected!!
The guy on reception tells us we're at the wrong hostel and we laugh merrilyalong with him until we realise that he's right. s***. So we get directions and finally end up in the right place two hours later than expected!!
The facilities are fine but some of the people are quite clearly not fully acquainted with their marbles.....
We wandered along the lake in to the old town and found a nice Italian restaurant. Decided to spoil ourselves as it was our first night.
Was amazed and impressed at the waiters seamlessly switching from French to Italian to English to Spanish... we were sat near a Spanish couple who were talking so fast we were getting worn out just trying not to listen!!! He looked a lot like Jay Leno but because he was wearing grey and his eyebrows seemed to move independently of the rest of him we decided he was a happily retired Inspector Gadget :o)
The cobblestone square itself was beautifully lit by lights carefully set amongst the cobbles. Each light had "thank you" in various world languages. We tried to get a photo but it didn't do it justice at all.
Not sure if we'll ever be able to upload photos but we will try if we can.
See Ya
Ellie and James
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