A Brief Tour of the City

While there have been a number of downsides to this rather intense apartment search, it has resulted in Kris and I getting to know the city fairly well. We know which parts we like. We know which parts are the most expensive. We know which parts are lined with hookers on weekend nights. You know, all the important things.

To provide context for our tour, we start with a map. This map!

This map shows many of the great aspects of the city - the mountains, the wooded areas, cathedrals, downtown pedestrian zones - but our understanding of the city at the moment is a bit simpler. 

Of course, almost anywhere along the way you could stop and see something like this. 

And then of course there is the downtown area ... 

That particular street is excellent for window shopping if you like feeling unstylish and poor.  One afternoon when waiting for Kris I tried to find the most expensive item in a window display. There were 700 franc purses, 1500 franc coats, and 3000 franc dresses. But the winner was in was the 19,000 franc pair of earrings in the window of the Rolex store. 

To make this a more representative tour, I should really have some pictures of the buses and metro system. Kris has already learned to love public transportation as much as did from my time in Germany. At least, to love public transportation in a place where it is efficient, widespread, and reliable. I imagine this will spoil us for almost anywhere back in the states. 

Well, for the moment that completes the tour. I will add of some from the wooded areas in the north. I can also probably convince Kris to take some pictures of EPFL, which looks like a campus full of microwaves. It's very "tech school."

Until next time.

 Apartment count:

12 visited 

9 applied

3 rejected