Or Genève, as it's called in
French - which is the
official language in the Genève
canton of
Switzerland is located at the very
outskirts of Switzerland (75% of the canton's
borderlines are leading to
France - not Switzerland). A little more than 180.000 people live here in what is
probably the smallest
metropole of the
World. Of these, an incredible 43% are foreign, which might also make Geneva one of the most
intercultural (important) cities of the world. It's not uncommon to see
Jews,
Muslims (you know the women totally covered in
clothes so that only their
eyes can be seen),
Africans (dressed up as something from
coming to America and
nuns in the same bus (try that in the
Middle East and I guess the noise can be heard all the way to the
moon - (which is of course impossible due to the
vacuum in outer space (and I do
apologize my extensive use of
nested brackets))). The presence of all these strange people is mainly due to the
fauna of
international organizations that find the city to be a convenient place to have the
headquarters. Hence - a lot of people with greater or lesser
diplomatic immunity surf the city.
In Geneva everything is expensive, except for cars, petrol and electronics. The former two mainly due to the fact that Geneva is one of the cities in the world having the greatest number of cars
per capita.
Should you ever consider stopping by, don't miss out strolling down rue du Marché, going to Bains de Pâquis, climbing the small alleys of the old town, seeing Jet d'Eau and taking a small trip to places like Alhambar, Rêve d'O and
Macumba.