"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."

The posting title quoted from the song Closing Time by Semisonic seems appropriate as we embark on our new journey!

2011 has been an exciting year so far, to say the least. It started with a lovely holiday back home in South Africa, our amazing wedding and honeymoon in February and now our move to Geneva.

The journey officially began on the 6th June (although my Hubby has been flying back and forth for some time now)...

So far we have been trying to get ourselves settled. Hubby has been at work during the day and I have been attempting to sort out other practical aspects such as an apartment, insurances etc etc which is proving to be a challenge (but that's a posting for another day).

The highlight so far has been this past weekend. It was a long weekend here so Hubby had Monday off and the weather was great. We have decided to do as much walking as possible so on Saturday after a lunch at a lovely cafè we took a walk to the lake. Every time we go to the lake I love it, it has such a calming effect and it's lovely to see all the people enjoying themselves. We headed to town for some window shopping, but although not nearly as busy as Oxford Street we decided to head home to rest out weary feet.

As we are new to Geneva we don't know many people, so on that note on Sunday we decided to join an activity on the local expat site glocals (http://www.glocals.com/). We opted for the walking tour of Old Town. We met some interesting people and learnt some interesting facts about Old Town. We both love the look and feel of Old Town and are fascinated by the architecture and history.

Beautiful buildings in hidden streets and alleys

Stained glass windows in Saint Peter's Cathedral

After the tour we had a well deserved drink with the group and then Hubby and I snuck off to a crepe (aka pancake) cafè we noticed while doing the tour. The setting is beautiful with outdoor seating right outside Saint Peter's Cathedral and the crepes are decadent!



A good cuppa coffee



My selection: caramel, almonds, cream and ice-cream

Hubby's selection: chocolate, ice-cream and cream

On Monday we attended another glocals event to The Red Cross Museum (http://www.micr.org/index_e.html). The museum is very sobering as you see all the suffering that people have to endure but at the same time inspiring as, thanks to the vision of Henry Dunant, The Red Cross is able to provide assistance to so many millions of people that desperately need it.

Henry Dunant

All in all a lovely weekend and not a bad start to the new journey that is Geneva...