Stuck In Transit...: Parents in Town 両親来瑞！

Yes my father works for an airline company hence he gets discounted air tickets... nevertheless he's never been to any place other than Japan. He's rarely traveled outside the state and we usually did road trips! So I was quite surprised when my parents said they were coming to see my in Switzerland. Of course I was happy but I was very worried as well.. would they be able to adjust..??

But all was well when they arrived. They actually seem to like it since the weather was mild and there were many features that made it similar to San Francisco (trams, international, etc). They were also really relieved to know that most Swiss people spoke English. Since I had school during the day, they were able to wander around on their own and ask around when they were lost which was a great relief to me as well.

I didn't plan much out for them since I knew they get tired easily and didn't want to exhaust them but we did quite a lot including exploring Old Town and taking them to the border France for grocery shopping. It's always a good to have guests since it's an opportunity for me to do sightseeing as well

某米系航空会社に働いて30年近く経つというのに未だに日本以外に行ったことのない父。70歳にして父、初ヨーロッパ、そして初スイス！ちなみに母も同行してやはり初ヨーロッパ、初スイス。これはどうなることやら・・・とかなり心配してたけど、幸い気候は暑くもなく寒くもなく温暖に加えて一応スイスは英語が通じるので何事もなくジュネーブを回れたので一安心。市内はサンフランシスコよりもだいぶ小規模なので両親もホッとしてたよう。たしかにこれでパリとかベルリンだったらひっくり返りそうσ(^_^;)

元気な両親だけど歳が歳なのであまり無理しない程度の観光をしたけど結構気に入っていたようで良かった。←娘ながらに心配　笑。おまけにいつものフランスでのお買い物にも同行していただきました。毎日歩き回ってお疲れ様でした。それにしても誰かお客さんが来ると普段行かない観光地にも行けるのであたしもちゃっかり楽しませてもらいました♪

Carouge

Marché at Carouge　カルージュ地区の週末マルシェ

Plainpalais

First time of outdoor drinkingルマン湖沿いの野外レストランにて

ルマン湖を見た渡しながら飲むビールは格別なのよね☆

Opera House

Old Town　旧市街地区

View from St. Pierre　聖ピエール寺院からの見晴らしはジュネーブピカイチ。お天気のいい日は5フラン払って長い階段を上る甲斐ありですよ～

Park Bastillon

Swiss ice cream, Mövenpick :)　スイスといえばやはりモーベンビークアイスでしょ♪

この日は噴水がメンテナンス中だったけど運よく2－3分作動したので両親も見れてラッキー

Since I'm not able to accommodate them in my dorm, I got a Airbnb apartment for me which was fantastic because my mom had cooked for me. She had brought a whole range of foods knowing that my father can't eat much Western food. Felt the motherly love for sure.

肝心の宿泊先だけど、もちろん寮では泊めさせられないのでＡｉｒｂｎｂというサイトを利用して現在不在中の方のアパートを数日間貸していただくことに。いわゆる１ＬＤＫで全て揃っているので台所も使えて便利です。洋食が苦手な父のために母がせっせと・・カレー作り　笑！スイスでは母の手作りカレーが食べれるとは貴重。しかもスイスの野菜おいしいからカレーうんま！炊飯器は寮から持参しました　笑。ちなみにお米はイタリア圏のリゾット米がスーパーで売っているのでそれを炊くと見事に日本米になるんですよ～

他はスイスビールやスイスワインなど堪能して父は上機嫌　笑。