Geneva and Avoriaz

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This past weekend, I was in Geneva. It was such a nice small city, I can see why it's always ranked top 5 city to live in the world. It reminds me of Vancouver a lot, there are mountains, water, and skiing all within an hour away. There's John Calvin's home church here, and also, i just found it to be a city where you can just BE, instead of finding something to DO. Check out the grandpa playing ping-pong with his grandson, as the grandma watches. Oh it's such a nice weekday morning thing to do.



Got to visit a friend's place this weekend, it was really nice to catch up with him and talk a little ice hockey, music, and what God's done in our lives. Anyway, Geneva is definitely a desirable place to live, literally, a tiny center with all different ethics live together, while maintaining their culture and roots. It was quite nice to see everyone mixing and mingling... lots of asians :D speaking chinese, french, and different languages.... It was really nice to hear all the different languages together.... kind of makes me wish I can speak different languages.





Anyway, there was still some snow left in the Alpes, we went to Avoriaz on Sunday. Man, I am rusty on the slopes... none the less, it was beautiful, nothing like gliding through the midst of something so magnificent. It's not unlike Whistler, except a lot more skiers than boarders.



Gorgeous, just absolutely gorgeous.

Anyway, spent the Monday in Geneva, man, this engineering error is so.... mesmerizing, it's like over a 100 meters tall i think (that's like 50 stories high, in a city where there is no high-rise), and it there because of an engineering mistake... how do you like that? we got creativity, even if it's just a mistake, and probably consumes unimaginable power. Anyway, it's so pretty to see the water go where the wind takes it, and at the same time, the force and danger in the water pressure to shoot up 100 meters, flexible, yet strong, piecing, but beautiful.



BTW, I can't afford anything in Switzerland... the lowest bill they give out is a 100 Francs, a shramwa is like 12 Francs.