Lausanne and Geneva

Lausanne: what a disappointment! We stopped there yesterday on our way from Basel to Geneva thinking it would be beautiful, built on a hill overlooking Lake Geneva, but you couldn't see much of the lake without going all the way down there. Not quite the dramatic views we were hoping for, but it was OK.

We hopped on the short train to Geneva, which was beautiful. We spent a lot of time walking around the lake and looking at the big fountain:

While we were sitting on a bench enjoying the view and the people-watching, we noticed an interesting scam. This group walked over together and proceeded to pretend that they were playing this "where is the ball?" game over and over again, trading huge bills amongst themselves. They tried to get us and other people interested, but we didn't see anyone fall for it.

We noticed similar groups all over the place, and always the same game. What gives, Geneva?

On the way to the train station this morning we passed this:

Where's Patrick? There he is!