Fete de Geneve and a boat trip

The Fete de Geneve is over.
It is so strange, as it was 1 year ago, when Eszter and me went to Marseille, then we came back together to Geneva, and watched the fireworks together.

So, while I was watching the fireworks, I was thinking about the last 1 year...
So many things happened...
And on the other hand: so few things happened...
How did I spend this previous last year? If I have to sum up my last year, actually nothing really moved forward...

But, maybe later, I will see these months, these events in my life differently... ;)

On Friday we went out.
Ok, I wanted to go out... but at the end we didn't...
We were drinking and talking at RDL.
We played "I have never..." :)))
So, I got to know some friends a it more... ;)
Good game!

Than on Saturday we went for a boat trip to Versoix. :)
This time we took the car... not the bikes ;)

Our boat: Daniel, Ravaka, Eszter and me

The view...

The Spanish guys: Jose, David and Ravaka


Drink or drive???

I was driving the boat!!! Poor Daniel, he was really patient, explaining me the "physics of the waves..."..stilll... ;)
jajajajaja... it was sooo much fun!!! :)

Actuallly, the idea of renting a boat came from the will to watch the fireworks from a boat!!!
It would have been soo great... but.. imagine, for that day (I mean, the very last day of Fete de Geneve, for the fireworks day) all the boats are reserved till 2012!!! 4 years ahead!!! Crazy Geneva!!!
We could have reserved a boat for 2013... for a Rue De Lyon Reunion...! ;)

It was really great day... the sun was shining, the view was perfect, the waves were ok for my stomach ;)

After a 1,5 hour boating, we had to go back to Geneva for the fireworks... actually we had a "little" traffic jam, as everybody wanted to head to the city center... so, even though Versoix is 15 minutes maximum by car, for us the way back took more than 45 minutes... amazing...

But than we had a great place, from where we could see the fireworks:

The 1 hour long fireworks

During the fireworks I was analyzing my life, my 16 months in Switzerland, thinking about my future, my options, etc. And than, somehow my thoughts went forward to the noise of the fireworks. You know, when the rackets are going in the air, it is loud, and yes, it sounds like guns, or like real rackets...
I was thinking about Georgia and Russia.
I am here in Geneva, listening to that noise, and I am happy and satisfied. And than for somebody that noise doesn't mean the joy, happiness and beauty...
on the contrary...
It was a strange feeling.

My great weekends...

Hmm.. I don't really understand, why only the weekends are great?
My "worklife" is sooo boring....
Anyways...

Last weekend we had an other sporty weekend... with biking in the rain...;)
I hope Ikran didn't get the virus because we were cycling around 1,5 hours in the rain...

First, the plan was to go till Versoix. This nice, small town is around 8 km "far" from Geneva. :)

Versoix

But of course for my very sporty friends, it was a little bit easy, so we decided to meet in the next town, which supposed to be Coppet...
Yes, but Andras is sooo great with the orientation (khm.. the pot calling the kettle black...), anyways, so we went till Nyon. Which is 23 km far from Geneva.

I really enjoyed the bike-trip!!!

The crazy team: Laura, Andras, Xavier, me, Ikran

Have you seen my perfect biking-outfit? Yes..typical...
Than check Andras' out!
And we even talked about doing a bike-trip around the Lac Léman... That would be something.... ;)

We will see...

Than, on Sunday, we went to Chamonix... in the bottom of Mont Blanc.
First, I didn't want to go there, as Chamonix is for the winter, it is a really famous ski resort.
How stupid I was!
OMG!!!
Chamonix is sooo amazing, and Daniel, the expert of the place explained me, that Chamonix is even more visited during the summer than in winter.
We went up with a téléféric till 1900 m, than to the famous "Lac Blanc" we had to hike up till 2400 m! Among rocks!!! :)
But it was amazing...breathtaking view!!!
The funniest was: on our way up to the mountain, we saw 4 guys... with the perfect hiking.outfit ever... seriously, helmet, perfect shoes, clothes, etc.
We were 4 girls... Eszter and me had our "petitit sac", Ikran's T-shirt was not sporty at all!!! :)
And Julie was also very girly... absolutely not for hiking!!
It was soooo funny! :)

But, just enjoy the photos:

The view...

The rocks...

The team: Julia, Daniel, Eszter, Laura, Ikran, Andras, (and Julie...)


:)

At the Lac Blanc

Canyoning - Interlaken ;)

I thought that weekend worth having 2 different posts...
Ok, and last time I didn't have time to upload all the photos... :)))
Canyoning was also great...We had to wear funny, dirty and really smelly clothes... and a helmet.. I was "Frog", alies frogy... Eszti had "Fairy"... :)
Well... no comment...


Everything started with a 50 m high rappel... with the rope we had to go down to the river... :)


Than we did several jumps, jump into waterfalls, slidging down the rocks, or just using the ropes...


Here is our group, who survived:

"Been there. Done that. Got a T-shirt!"

Lala (GR), Ahmed (EG), Swati (IN), Jaspal (UK), me, Nikolai (DE) & Eszti (HU)

Skydiving - Interlaken... ;)

I had a wonderful weekend!!!

Yes, yes, yes... I went for an extrem weekend... Amazing!!!!

Of course, me.. who can not sit backwards on the bus, on the train, me, who can not handle the serpentines, me, who can not even look at all the fun wheels, or roller coaster, not even talk about sitting on them...

So, yes, I went up with the airplane for higher than 13000 ft, around 4300 m high, and yes, experienced 36 sec of free fall!!!! :)))
waoooowww.....

AMAZING!!!!!!

And the free fall part was the best...
Obviuosly I had a professional guy behind me... we were bonded together... amazing!!!! ;)

He was great, and also the cameraman was great too!!! :)))

Of course, as soon as the parachute opened, he started doing his own little tricks, that made me sick... but still..this 5 minutes...just worthed it!!!
:)

Check this out:
Before.. I trusted him... and he trusted me too ;)




1 second out of 36 while I am experiencing the free fall :


And the beautiful view of Interlaken, Grims, Jungfrau... :)


We practiced the landing in the air...still... I landed on my butt:



Stay tuned for canyoning... ;)

Finnally...

So, finally I am back... I was not updating this blog due to several reasons...
first, nothing interesting really happened to me
second, i was than very very busy with my studies (ok, maybe I was rather in a deep selfpityness...)
third, lots of things happened, everything changed, and I didn't know where to start.

So, maybe.. at the beginning??? :)

Yes, I graduated!
I am an economist. - Whatever it is...
You guys can not imagine, how big relief it was for me... ugh...

And... actually, beside the relief I felt somehow disappointment too... (ok, here of course I am not talking about the aftergraduation party in Pest with Süti :)

I was disappointed maybe because I have been working for 1,5 years already, so I can see the real value of my degree... :(
It is really just a paper!

Because of my graduation, and all the exams, etc I stayed at home for more than 5 weeks!
It was amazing!!! I really missed my family ( btw, FAMILY stands for: Father And Mother I Love You) :))), my little brother, who is actually not that little anymore.
He is a real entrepreneur!!! :) and my grandfather of course!!! :)

Than I came back with Eszter, who is going to take over my position at HP.
She reminds me the way how I started everything.
I also had problems with the IT technology at HP, or looking for a flat in Geneva...

I had strange feelings, the transition started, she is going to take over my role, my job, I am going to leave HP.
I am going to miss the core team, specially one of my colleagues! When my boss announced, that I am leaving, she jabbered me, saying that she is going to miss me... :)
That really meant a lot!
She is really a great role model at working!

This weekend we went to Bern and Basel. I can't believe I visited Bern again... it is a really nice, charming little city... but still... and it was rainig again, so I still couldn't check the bears!!! Next time!!! sigh...

Than we went to Basel!!! It was OK, however the interesting thing was the blind restaurant.

The restaurant is called: Blindekuh - as in the restaurant there is as dark as a cow :)

The restaurant is managed by a foundation, that helps the blind people.

We can experience , how it could be living (ok, this case, eating) in totally dark, you are using your other senses.
It was definitely really interesting, however, expensive.
They could have offered more food, anyways.

The whole restaurant was in an old store house, there was completely, completely dark. Ok, when we first entered into the building, there was light at the reception. (and of course the chef is not blind, and in the kitchen and in the toilette there are lights...) So, we had to check the "carte" at the reception, we had to choose there what to order. Than the receptionist called our waiter, she was blind. We had to grab each others shoulder, and she led us to our table.
Everything was completely DARK!!! :)

I don't know, if you have seen one of the episodes from the CSI TV shows... well, there was a crime committed in a restaurant like this... FUNNY :)))

Ok, tomorrow, we are going to have Hungarian plate at the cafeteria!!!
That's why it is important to be friendly with the CHEF, and other kitchen crew members!!! :)))
At HP, we usually have food from all over the world... but we never had a hungarian one, so I always asked from him, when he can prepare sth.
He was asking for recipes... so I gave him a book :)))

I am really curious about the food tomorrow!!! :)

Good night,
bisous

Hopp Switz, hopp...or Höpp Holland, Höpp!

Yes, it is the Euro2008!

And I am not in Switzerland... :(

Anyways, those matches I saw were great.. the athmosphere was also fantastic!

Ho... imagine, there was a TV show in Hungary, and there was a guy saying in the report, that the only thing he is missing is the "athmosphere" in Switzerland.. that "football fever"...

What the hell is he talking about???

I mean, he definitly hasn't been in Berne, in a holland match.. or in Geneva when Turkey played against Portugal.

Or any match of Portugal... :)))

Coomeeoon... :)))

OR!

Holland against France in Geneva:)

It was great:

With Julia, we painted the french and dutch flag also... :))

Poor Dorys...

NOoooooooo....

I am just watching the Turkish - Croatian match.. i was really prepared for the penalties... than what???

Croatia scoooooreeed.... in the 119. minutes... I mean...

But I was really looking for a German -Turkish match... ;)

WHAT????

1-1

Zuzana, I am thinking about you now too!!!!

What should be in Geneva now????

ohh...

so, have to check the penalties now...

oh.. i am more frustrated now, than yesterday at my final exam... :DDD

Exam period

It is so typical... I have 2 papers to submit, 4 exams to take, several articals to translate, and still..what am I doing?
- chatting with almost everybody (the neighbors I do not even know, the postman... - i told him really embarrassing secrets too... just to gain some time...)
- comparing my friends on facebook
- watching TV shows--- really silly ones too
- going to swimming
- visiting my city as if I were a tourist --- ok, not in exam period, but I think it is a great activity: you are a tourist in your hometown! Take the photocamera with you, walk next to the river,besides the castle, visiting the cathedral and churches, maybe even a museum!
- and yes, updating my blog :)

I am actually doing everything but studying...

It feels like: I came back, everybody has changed, moved forward, but me, I am still standing in the same point from where I started.
It hurts.