Then the Chinese Embassy confiscated Brian's passport, so our options became somewhat limited (we had to drive, rather than fly). We agreed a drive to Aix en Provence would be a perfect, provided we could actually get into France without a passport. Crossing our fingers we would be able to make it across the French border, we set off ...
To make the drive to Aix en Provence a little more manageable, we stopped over for a night in Geneva (very cool city, but not as lovely as Zurich - and yes I am a little biased).
We stayed in what can only be dubbed the most "Swisstastic" hotel ever ...
To make the most of our short stay, we decided to slip into the UN ...
As the front was heavily guarded, we slipped in through the back entrance ...
But first we had to talk security into giving us a badge (we told them Chase was a diplomat and they bought it!)...
After that, it was smooth sailing ...
While Chase did a lovely job of showing us around, we decided to join a tour ... to learn how it all works (for those of you interested in being a tour guide, you must know three - of the five - official UN languages and pass both a written and oral exam).
After a great tour, we stopped for a moment at the Red Cross Museum, only to find out they were closing soon, so we headed back to the hotel...
As an aside, for those interested, just up the street was WHO ...
After a nice dinner out, we fell into bed - only to wake up to major road trip (and yet another mountain pass) the next day ...
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