Stryker invited Amit to tour their plant in Solothurn, Switzerland. He stayed at Hotel An Der Aare, which used to be a nurse's hospital back in 1747.Besides ironing his shirt with a lead block from the 1700s, Amit had the opportunity to have a drink with a Swiss Olympic bob sledder and chat away about ACLs and what not.
Meanwhile, I was busy eating all kinds of stinky cheese
with Lea at 12 am! And Tarek joined us too.
with Lea at 12 am! And Tarek joined us too.
After his visit, Amit joined Lea and me in Geneva. There's not much to see or do in Geneva unless you want to spend lots of Swiss Francs on the best watches in the world. As for the chocolates...the Swiss Francs melt easily off your hands for those!
The only attraction Jet d'Eau was not functional, as Amit's luck would have it. But we did get a sneak peek at Mont Blanc!
Lea hosted us at her place in Gex, 16 km across the border into France. She calls it a small dormitory town; most people who live there work in Geneva and leave on weekends to go to their 'original homes'. An interesting observation: there were probably a total of 5 billboards along the road to Gex, 3 of which advertised Indian restaurants! And of all the times that we crossed the border between France and Switzerland back and forth, not once were we stopped, or our passport checked. In fact, the borders weren't even manned except once.
At Lea's, we enjoyed a typical French-Swiss breakfast on her balcony, on a chilly sunny morning at the foothills of the mountains.
1 comment:
Wow!! incredible blog, you guys really are having the time of your lives.
Me, I'm recovering from the boards and waiting for results and to hear from the board as to when I can start with Dr. Tarlow. peace out Patrick from desert ridge AZ
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