Travel Thread

[PaloAltoCougar]

Here's the proximate cause of my suggestion: I'm going to be in Switzerland for a bit in late May/early June (humblebrag? Obviously!). Mostly Geneva and Lausanne along with a little village up in the Alps, Saas-Fee. I'd especially welcome any tips or suggestions about either of the larger cities. Very limited expense account but I'd welcome any recommendations about things to see and reasonably priced () places to eat (I was there last year and, good grief, it's expensive. I mostly ate bread and cheese from supermarkets. Stunningly beautiful country, though).

I'll summon filsdepac (who has been buried at work) to help out here, as he served in that area, including a year or so in Geneva) a decade ago. We picked him up and saw a lot of very cool things but I'll let him give his top five list. I strongly recommend taking the tram at the Aiguille du Midi near Chamonix. Literally and figuratively breathtaking.

[Harry Tic]

Geneva is very dear. Nothing is cheap there. There is an Italian place near the Jet d'eau that is reasonably priced and quite tasty. There's a little traditional French/Swiss place about a mile up Rue de Florissant that is very good, although not cheap. If you're interested in either let me know and i will get the names for you.

If you have a car and haven't already been, I strongly encourage you to go up to Gruyère. Buy some cheese and get some fondue on the village square while you people-watch. Head up the hill to the castle. When you're done, consider going back through Montreux, stopping to shop for jazz festival souvenirs. It's a longish day but a lot of fun.

Geneva itself is a little dull, but it's a gorgeous place, as you know. Have you seen Calvin's chair? Don't make much of an effort. Make sure you return and share your finds.

Thanks for the info, Creekster. I may send you a PM as my departure date approaches.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Here's the proximate cause of my suggestion: I'm going to be in Switzerland for a bit in late May/early June (humblebrag? Obviously!). Mostly Geneva and Lausanne along with a little village up in the Alps, Saas-Fee. I'd especially welcome any tips or suggestions about either of the larger cities. Very limited expense account but I'd welcome any recommendations about things to see and reasonably priced () places to eat (I was there last year and, good grief, it's expensive. I mostly ate bread and cheese from supermarkets. Stunningly beautiful country, though).

Nope. Just a garden-variety brag. Don't feel bad though. Most people here haven't a clue what a real humblebrag is.

Summon Art Vandalay.

[creekster]

Here's the proximate cause of my suggestion: I'm going to be in Switzerland for a bit in late May/early June (humblebrag? Obviously!). Mostly Geneva and Lausanne along with a little village up in the Alps, Saas-Fee. I'd especially welcome any tips or suggestions about either of the larger cities. Very limited expense account but I'd welcome any recommendations about things to see and reasonably priced () places to eat (I was there last year and, good grief, it's expensive. I mostly ate bread and cheese from supermarkets. Stunningly beautiful country, though).

Geneva is very dear. Nothing is cheap there. There is an Italian place near the Jet d'eau that is reasonably priced and quite tasty. There's a little traditional French/Swiss place about a mile up Rue de Florissant that is very good, although not cheap. If you're interested in either let me know and i will get the names for you.

If you have a car and haven't already been, I strongly encourage you to go up to Gruyère. Buy some cheese and get some fondue on the village square while you people-watch. Head up the hill to the castle. When you're done, consider going back through Montreux, stopping to shop for jazz festival souvenirs. It's a longish day but a lot of fun.

Geneva itself is a little dull, but it's a gorgeous place, as you know. Have you seen Calvin's chair? Don't make much of an effort. Make sure you return and share your finds.

[Harry Tic]

Here's the proximate cause of my suggestion: I'm going to be in Switzerland for a bit in late May/early June (humblebrag? Obviously!). Mostly Geneva and Lausanne along with a little village up in the Alps, Saas-Fee. I'd especially welcome any tips or suggestions about either of the larger cities. Very limited expense account but I'd welcome any recommendations about things to see and reasonably priced () places to eat (I was there last year and, good grief, it's expensive. I mostly ate bread and cheese from supermarkets. Stunningly beautiful country, though).

[wuapinmon]

Yeah, the Airport Wifi thread is one of my favorites, although I regret to say that I was unaware of the Dayton thread. . I'm just saying that, organizationally, it would be great to have a separate category so it would be easy and convient to add info and quickly find it. Preferably with CUFfers' contact information so we could couchsurf (I'm kind of kidding about that).

I've had two cuffers couchsurf here.

[Harry Tic]

Depends on where you're going. There are threads here dedicated to Hawaii, France, Dayton, NYC, NOLA and the Denver Airport WiFi.

Yeah, the Airport Wifi thread is one of my favorites, although I regret to say that I was unaware of the Dayton thread. . I'm just saying that, organizationally, it would be great to have a separate category so it would be easy and convient to add info and quickly find it. Preferably with CUFfers' contact information so we could couchsurf (I'm kind of kidding about that).

[YOhio]

Depends on where you're going. There are threads here dedicated to Hawaii, France, Dayton, NYC, NOLA and the Denver Airport WiFi.

[Harry Tic]

In my ideal world, there would actually be a travel category, with a bunch of different threads organized by country or US state.

I'm jus' sayin'.

[Harry Tic]

Okay, I confess my search skills are probably not up to par and I don't have the institutional memory that most of you old timers do. But what's the best way to find travel-related threads? It would be great to actually have a travel category on the board with tips, suggestions, etc.

Like I say, I'm sure that some of the info I'm looking for is out there, but it seems to be a pain to find it.

BTW, I didn't really intend for this to be a separate thread per se but I just wanted to see if someone could point me in the right direction.