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kerouac Jun 19th, 2022 08:04 AM

Geneva is 95% surrounded by France -- 103 km bordering France and only 4.5 km bordering the rest of Switzerland. A lot of the other Swiss disparage Geneva as actually being part of France. This just makes it more interesting in my opinion.

neckervd Jun 20th, 2022 05:41 AM

"A lot of the other Swiss disparage Geneva as actually being part of France"
I'm a Swiss citizen and I never heard about that.
There are some "flatteries" between Lausanne and Geneva, like:
"au bout du lac, ça râle toujours!"
"au bout du lac, il ne font que des genevoiseries (Swiss synomim for foolish acts)",
"Lausanne est une paysanne qui a fait ses maturités"
"les Vaudois ont un accent à couper"
"les Vaudois sont les Bernois parmi les Romands"
But no serious Swiss would call a Genevan "un sacré Gaulois" This pet name is used for French people only.

kerouac Jun 20th, 2022 05:46 AM

You haven't heard what they say in Zürich then. Unfortunately, all of my Swiss friends are from Zürich or Bern.

BAHItaly Jun 21st, 2022 05:28 AM

Alright we will skip Annecy.
Need to train to France so we can rent a car in france to return in France.

thewizzart5548 Jun 22nd, 2022 12:04 PM

Go to Germany, they got a 9 Euros monthly ticket, you can use the local trains for sightseeing ;)

neckervd Jun 23rd, 2022 07:49 AM

"You haven't heard what they say in Zürich then. Unfortunately, all of my Swiss friends are from Zürich or Bern."
I vhave many friends in Zch too, but obvously notten same as you.


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