Geneva is clean, creepy

I can’t find anything about it in the news, but apparently Geneva was hit by the plague earlier this week, and only about 40 tourists (myself included) didn’t get the memo. Seriously though, I guess it’s just that it’s a Sunday during winter holidays, but there is no one around and it’s eerie. When it came time for lunch it took me a good 20 minutes to find an open restaurant, though when I did with was worth the wait for the fondue and mulled wine.

Even without people, it is a pretty city. Well laid out around the water. And the people who are here are very nice, people riding past on their bikes say “bonjour” and people speak French back to me when I speak French to them, which I really appreciate as I desperately need the practice. I think I’ll have to give the city another chance sometime in the summer when there are people around to give it a bit more life.

Update: Couple of other pictures from Geneva (including the large versions of the ones above) in this Flickr set.