It was our ‘stay in Geneva’ weekend this weekend, so naturally we crossed the border to France :). Time was of the essence, however, as we wanted to take the cable car up to Mont Saleve and this was the last weekend it was open this year. After seeing the height of the mountain, I’m pretty damn sure I didn’t want to climb up it and apart from a few errant thoughts of how we’d survive if the cable broke, the cable car option seemed best. By the way, I just find it bizarre that we could hop on a bus and 10 minutes later be in France for just $3 (approx). If I did that back home I might be in the next suburb. Now having said I didn’t want to climb Mont Saleve, well, there was climbing! The cable car only gets you so far, but it was worth it for the beautiful views. I felt all Maria-ish and if there hadn’t been people around I would have burst into a chorus of “The Sound of Music”. As it was I did a little run 😉 Have made mental resolve to visit Austria in the spring time and reenact that scene. Of course that means I’ll have to get Chris to watch the Sound of Music to get that particular pop culture reference – he’s going to love that!

After hiking for three hours we finally returned home to a well earned bottle of red and a ragu. I don’t know much about the wines here so I’m making an effort to drink as much as possible to determine the best ones. We’d made a little stuff up the day before by venturing into a *very* expensive food hall and buying some meat for the ragu. You would not believe it, but four osso buco shins cost us $50! It was the most expensive ragu I’ve ever had, but delicious. Note to self: $4.50 for 100g is not actually cheap.

It’s back to France again next weekend – we’re heading for Lyon as it’s pretty close by train. In the meantime, it’s a series of cafes, shops, wine bars and restaurants. What on earth did I use to do with my time back home?