Day 28 - Geneva

Today began with scrambled eggs, as every good day should. We got ourselves ready, put our clever heads on, and set off for CERN. We played a game on the tram; spot the scientist. We tried to guess who was going to get off at CERN to go to work an who was just a fraud like us. The man with the notebook, white turtle neck, red jumper and brown chinos was deffo a scientist. I reckon he was a head of department. The two men behind him were staring each other out we reckon they were from different departments and had a bit of rivalry going on. We deduced from this tram journey that we watch too much Big Bang Theory.

We arrived at CERN and went straight to 'The Universe of Particles' exhibition. This was amazing. It was all interactive and all dark with neon lights and we learnt lots of stuff. When we were in there, all the lights went off and a short film about the universe came on and it was projected all around the room. It was well better than Spaceport. We got to move the earth around and press buttons, and then we sat in audio pods and listened to all the reasons behind the research they are undertaking at CERN. We also learnt about string theory and I felt like Sheldon Cooper. Once we had finished playing, we went over to the Microcosm exhibition and I felt really clever because I got all the questions right on the particle quiz. I am wasted doing Music. We saw bits of the Hedron Collider, and we were on the site above the ALICE experiment. We couldn't go down to it tho because it was full of school groups. We then saw a section about all the medical benefits of the research at CERN and the things they are developing there are unbelievable. It was really really interesting. We got loads of pictures at CERN; some are of the stuff we got to see, but the majority are of us looking really clever next to the exhibitions.

My phone is still broken. This was verified by a phonecall from Ange when I was at CERN. She thought my lack of Internet and phone was because the collider had used up all the cyber stuff. I didn't ask anyone if that was the case because I didn't want to get thrown out.

We left CERN and headed for the train station to sort out our journeys to Munich and Brussels. On the tram there I saw a boy with a YMCA hat on, but he didnt look like he knew the song. I am ashamed to say I neglected my responsibility to make him aware of the classic. He had rollerblades on, he was faster than me. At the station we had a 37hr wait to speak to someone. I wanted cake, yet I was sat on the floor of the station waiting. Dee and I decided to go find the toilets. One thing we didn't budget for on this trip was toilets. The average price to wee in Europe is about €1, if we find somewhere where we can have a free wee we literally dance in there. When we have to pay, I wash my hands a few times just to get my money's worth. In the station here, we had a dilemma. It was €1 or 1,50CHF. Dee and I didn't have enough change in either currency so we pooled our money together and had enough CHF for me to go in, then as people came out, Dee sneaked in for free. This was now a victory wee. We had made a stand against every place that has made us pay to wee. We were proud.

After finally getting our journeys sorted, we made our way to Carouge which is the bohemian area of Geneva, built up years ago to house Jews and Catholics. We found a cafe and had cake. A few doors away there was a chocolate shop (closed, as per) and they had the cutest autumn window display, with chocolate conkers and hedgehogs. This made me excited for going home because when autumn arrives it means one thing; Birthday.

We got some shopping and headed back to the hostel for our tea. We discovered the joys of French 'The Price Is Right' and to end our day perfectly, we watched The Big Bang Theory and discovered how to change the audio to English.

Up at 5am tomorrow for an epic journey to Munich. We have realised that we are a day down on hostels and have nowhere to sleep for the night of the 20th. There are a few possible solutions to this problem; we visit either Cologne or Frankfurt and stay a night there, we try an earlier check in at Brussels, we sleep in the station, or we get night trains. We are pondering these options.

Ps, mother, Swiss chocolate wasn't really up to much and I had no fondue. Don't worry tho, I'll make up for it in Munich and Brussels.