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Article: One stopover that deserves a stay: Geneva
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 13, 2008
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GENEVA - In my 15 years as an international tour guide, I visited
this city perhaps 20 times. But each time it was a waypoint to what
I believed were greater adventures.
People change - and I realized recently that here in Geneva,
culture, recreation, leisure, shopping, gastronomy, and geography
cohabit in a world-class environment.
Switzerland's second largest city is at the southwestern tip of
Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), with the Rhone and Arve rivers flowing west
of the city center and the Jura Mountains and Alps hovering
majestically in the background. This setting is a primary reason
Geneva developed into a focal point for international trade and
culture.
The banks of the freshwater lake ...