New Year’s Celebrations in Geneva
Perhaps a little late but here’s a short update of my New Year’s celebrations which took place in Geneva this year! We hopped on the train from Zurich to Geneva and spent a couple of days at a very nice hotel called EastWest. Perfect location and well priced as well as having a decent gym and a nice trendy atmosphere!
a hotel gym with a Technogym must be a good hotel!
The SBB took us to Geneva as we opted for the train and naturally the SBB is as reliable as the Swiss watches. If you’re taking a longer tripa hot tip is to pop by the restaurant cart. It’s not your average restaurant on a train, it sports white cloths on the tables and table service! The food isn’t shabby either, so here a rather long trip can feel like a short few minutes.
dining on the SBB
Once we got to Geneva we set out to explore the town. Geneva is a beautiful city both in the summer as well as in the winter. In the winter, there’s almost an after ski mood in the city as the locals enjoy sitting outside, wrapped around with big blankets sipping their traditional Aperol Spritz or why not a glass of champagne. We found a cute little place called Riverside Café and they had a great selection of wines by the glass and little nibbles to with it.
The Au Lac hotels are perfect if you’re looking for some high class cocktails and drinks, so if you’re in this mood I’d try out either Four Season’s cocktail bar or a bit further up the lake to President Wilson.
As spaces were limited in Geneva at New Year’s we ended up having New Year’s dinner at l’Angleterre hotel and if you don’t want to splash the cash on going upstairs to the restaurant Windows, I can recommend having some after hour drinks at the Leopard Bar downstairs in the hotel. They have live music and great cocktails!
lakeside in Geneva
For a traditional dining experience which in Geneva often is a steak with Bearnaise sauce or some seafood head to Café du Centre. I naturally forgot to capture the delicious dinner I had but I did manage to snap a picture of the desert which was a gigantic macaroon. The picture doesn’t do it justice but I’d say it was the size of half a dozen normal macaroons and absolutely delicious!
Once back in Zug, we finished a couple of weeks off by going to my favorite restaurant Hafen on the lake in Zug. I had a lovely fitnessteller with fresh grilled shrimps and the love had fischknuperli, the fish and chips of Switzerland!
Grüezi from Switzerland and speak soon my friends!