Geneva, Switzerland

My lonely trip to the  most beautiful country in the world started with a very early train from Milano Centrale to Gare du Geneva.  Geneva, and the rest of the Swiss Riviera, are in French speaking Switzerland very close to the French boarder.  Lake Geneva is surrounded by the Swiss and French alps.  The train ride was one of the best parts of the trip.  Directly through the Italian and Swiss alps to the lake.  It was amazingly beautiful.

My travel life in a nutshell.  Water, camera case, cell phone, travel book, novel, and Ipod which was probably on my lap

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Once I ate lunch (Sushi!) and checked into the hostel I wandered around.  This is the Brunswick Memorial.

My friends.

The biggest fountain in the world.  "Le Jet"

The biggest flower clock in the world.

Streets of the old city

The Cathedral.  Swiss towns are so tight and compact you can't get far enough away from the cathedral to get a picture of the whole thing.

#1 clue it's a Gothic cathedral:  Rose Window.

View from the top hill in the Old City.  You can see the Jet in the background.

Capri is unreal!

Capri was by far my favorite thing we did on this trip.  For months I've been going to cities, museums, churches, and castles.  It was so nice to be in a sort of rustic and relaxing island.  Really proves the difference between northern and southern Italy.  We started by taking a 40 minute ferry from nasty naples to Capri's Marina Grande.

After having some lunch we took a 2 hour boat tour of the islands exterior.  It was amazing.

The water is actually that color, no joke!

We went into this bay that was full of Jelly Fish!

One stop on the tour is the Blue Grotto.  The little hole in the rock behind the boats on the right is the entrance.  We had to get out of our big boat and jump into a little tiny one to enter.  Brian had to do some serious ducking to get in with out hitting his head.

Tiny boat.

The light is the opening.

The inside glows blue!  I will have a video at the end of this entry.

After our tour we took the Funicular from the marina to the city of Capri.  We bought matching Ray Bay sunglasses, which are a big deal in Italy, and had a snack.

This is what a Funicular looks like from the inside.  Its a train that goes up and down the side of the island.