Today, Derek and I took the train into Geneva, for a holiday get-a-way, just an 18 minute ride from the station. (above: view of Challex from near the train stop) We walked, wandered, meandered, through Eaux-Vives, and until and found ourselves in Cologny. We visited the Bodmer Foundation's book collection on exhibition, and grabbed a ring of bread to eat on the walk back down to the lake. Although he was a little surprised to bit down on something hard, Derek was the lucky one to find two feves (little plastic trinkets baked into the bread) in his first bites. We were both so hungry, we didn't notice we had bought a king cake (gâteau des Rois), traditionally eaten to celebrate Epiphany - the one who fines la feve in his bread gets to become king for the day, but since there were two crowns in the bread bag we figured we could both be king for the rest of the day.
Our final stop was Le Verre à Monique, an recently opened speakeasy near Plainpalais, to sample specialty martinis, margaritas, and a new twist on the old fashioned. A nice vintage setting, despite the era-inappropriate music, and if you've got money to spend, they can smuggle your beverages to your table in a teapot.
