By Natalie Suggs ‘26
This was quite a long day, we ended up fitting in a lot of activities! I was rooming with Suhana and Julieanne, and we started out the day with breakfast at the hotel. There was an incredible array of options, lots of fruits and vegetables. We took a quick roomie picture before heading down to breakfast.
After breakfast, we joined up with Maya, Adedayo, Jiji, and Arianna and headed towards the edge of Lake Geneva in the hopes of taking a boat across part of the lake. However, we were unable to find the boats so instead we crossed the bridge by the lake. The lake was beautiful, it was showing different shades of greens and blues. And you could see the mountains in the distance which was an incredible sight! We also saw a swan standing on a shallower part of the lake.
After crossing the bridge, we arrived at the edge of the Jarden Anglais, where we saw a statue surrounded by flowers. We also ran into another group of people in the Chorus, and we took a giant group photo together under the statue.
Next up we headed towards the Old Town, and made our way up to the Saint Pierre Cathedral. On our way up, there were a couple of cherry blossom trees which were blooming, and we made a quick stop to take pictures. We also took a fun staircase photo together.
Finally, we reached the Cathedral. It was huge and had giant pillars at its entrance outside. Inside, it was very tall and had a very impressive design. It also had some beautiful stained glass windows.
Inside the Cathedral, we ended up going up the tower which was 157 steps up a winding staircase! While it took a while, the view at the top was amazing. There was a wonderful view of the city from all sides of the tower. We also could see the bells that they ring, and on our way down we heard them ringing.
After the Cathedral, we headed towards a chocolate shop called Guillaume Bichet, and along the way we saw some cool statues and scenery.
Next, we headed back to the hotel for a brief rest. Then Suhana, Julieanne, Jiji and I headed back out for lunch. I’m vegan, and Suhana found a vegetarian restaurant with many vegan options near us called Give A Fork, so we took the tram over to the restaurant. The food was delicious and tasted incredible, we all really enjoyed it!
After the late lunch, we headed back to the hotel and got changed for our concert. We then headed over to Holy Trinity Church for our first concert! It went well, and it was really cool to experience our first concert in Europe!
After the concert we headed back to the hotel and went straight to bed and all fell asleep right away, as it had been a very fun but very exhausting day!