2011 - Switzerland, Austria - Day 11 - Geneva, Switzerland, Yvoire, and Evian, France

We saw the Matterhorn this morning perfectly, with no clouds! I saw a woman from our group outside our balcony, across the street with her camera. I asked her if she could see the Matterhorn, and she said yes, so I hurried down. Happy day! It was so gorgeous! I was so happy that we had the chance to get a good view of it before we had to leave Zermatt today. We left Zermatt at 7:15 a.m. and headed back down the mountain. Our first stop was at a look out place near Geneva on the shores of Lake Geneva, to see the Castle of Chillon. Then we drove through the city of Geneva and got to see the United Nations building. We were given an hour free time in Geneva by the lake where we had our lunch. Afterwards we boarded our boat called the Savoi, for our cruise on the lake to Yvoire—a very cute old city in France. The cruise took a little over an hour and a half. We were sitting on some comfy lounge chairs on the top deck in the sun, and we all got sunburned. It was a nice, peaceful cruise. Yvoire was amazing! We had an hour to walk through the old town. There were flowers everywhere and gorgeous old buildings. We stopped in one shop and mom fell in love with the teddy bears, so she bought each of us one. We named them Susie  Then we took the coach into Evian, France, where we are spending the night. We are right on the lake front. Lake Geneva is huge! There are several different cities along its banks. Amber and I walked along the lake front and watched some birds and went exploring up the hills. It was a lot of fun. We saw a little path off the main road and it took us down an old railway with berries growing along the sides. Amber ate some; I hope she doesn’t get sick. The path led us down to a park area. We also came across an Evian spring, where we drank some yummy fresh water.