Originally Posted by
mhnadel
I'll get to Lausanne late on 26 May (from Dijon) and on to Geneva some time on 28 May. What train I take between them depends on how interesting or otherwise I find Lausanne. I'm flying from GVA to IAD on the 30th.
That's too bad, i'm in town from the 9 to 12.
Originally Posted by
choijw
I've stayed at the hostel in GVA, it is great.
English in GVA not a big problem. English in Lausanne... big problem. People definitely appreciate some effort with the French in Lausanne.
Red Cross, UN stuff ^. Olympic Museum is pretty
imho.
Two cities of interest on the Lake Geneva (Lac Leman) boat trip:
Montreux is the other side of the lake wrt Geneva.
Evian (where the bottled water comes from!) is on the French side of the lake.
GVA is kind of a small city... one day is probably enough.
Lausanne has a walking tour... 2-3 hours should be plenty. Go up to the cathedral, go down to Ouchy.
The real touristy thing to do would be go to the center of Switzerland, Interlaken-Jungfraujoch-Luzern. 2 days total. Get a Swiss pass for that.
Buy your chocolates at Migros... the Frey brand chocolates are great.
Thanks for the tip, it should be ok as long as they can speak english, i find that when i go to france, people think i'm from asia and don't hold it against me when i can't speak french, beside i still remember a little bit from high school french.
I'll definately need to take a train ride to central switzerland.