AllyG wrote:Are you sure he's not an alpacca (looks a bit like a llama I believe)
:lol:
Ally
definitely not an alpaca, I've seen many of those. It's the second biggest Irish Wolfhound in the world if memory serves?
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definitely not an alpaca, I've seen many of those. It's the second biggest Irish Wolfhound in the world if memory serves?
The Swiss shopkeepers of Geneva are more likely to accept Euro's because of part of the city is in the Eurozone. The conversion rate is not likely to work to your advantage. )
The official border runs through Geneva Airport. Part of the airport is in France. You may have noticed signage for "French Sector"?
Ferney-Voltaire which is in the Department of Ain, France, is part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.
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Started by AllyG in France 28-Oct-2009 - 86 Replies
Caron-a
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
definitely not an alpaca, I've seen many of those. It's the second biggest Irish Wolfhound in the world if memory serves?
Tony_H
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
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AllyG
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
We only went into a couple of touristy shops when we were in Geneva, and they took the euro as well as the Swiss Franc, and the airport itself did as well, of course. I had taken the trouble to get myself some francs, but I might as well not have bothered.
Do all the shops in Geneva take the euro, or only the touristy ones?
Ally
Do all the shops in Geneva take the euro, or only the touristy ones?
Ally
Bandit
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
AllyG wrote:We only went into a couple of touristy shops when we were in Geneva, and they took the euro as well as the Swiss Franc, and the airport itself did as well, of course. I had taken the trouble to get myself some francs, but I might as well not have bothered.
Do all the shops in Geneva take the euro, or only the touristy ones?
Ally
The Swiss shopkeepers of Geneva are more likely to accept Euro's because of part of the city is in the Eurozone. The conversion rate is not likely to work to your advantage. )
AllyG
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
Bandit,
How do you mean, part of Geneva is in the Eurozone? I thought the border was several miles away?
Ally
How do you mean, part of Geneva is in the Eurozone? I thought the border was several miles away?
Ally
Bandit
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
AllyG wrote:Bandit,
How do you mean, part of Geneva is in the Eurozone? I thought the border was several miles away?
Ally
The official border runs through Geneva Airport. Part of the airport is in France. You may have noticed signage for "French Sector"?
Ferney-Voltaire which is in the Department of Ain, France, is part of the metropolitan area of Geneva.
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AllyG
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
Thanks Bandit,
That's amazing I never noticed the French sector. I was in the airport for several hours and I would have said I'd seen pretty much all of it, but clearly not.
When the chalet people took us back to the airport I definitely noticed us driving through the border into Switzerland from France, and I saw the customs official, although they didn't stop us or ask to see our passports, and I would have said it was a few miles from the airport.
I haven't seen a map of the border, but I rather think they've simply added a road into the airport and called it part of France, so that traffic can get from the airport into France without going through customs.
Oh well, if we go back to the Edge to Edge Camp next October I will have a closer look. How interesting. Thank you very much for that.
Ally
That's amazing I never noticed the French sector. I was in the airport for several hours and I would have said I'd seen pretty much all of it, but clearly not.
When the chalet people took us back to the airport I definitely noticed us driving through the border into Switzerland from France, and I saw the customs official, although they didn't stop us or ask to see our passports, and I would have said it was a few miles from the airport.
I haven't seen a map of the border, but I rather think they've simply added a road into the airport and called it part of France, so that traffic can get from the airport into France without going through customs.
Oh well, if we go back to the Edge to Edge Camp next October I will have a closer look. How interesting. Thank you very much for that.
Ally
Neiltoo
reply to 'Ski-ing here at Tignes' posted Nov-2009
Google map of the border:
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=airport&sll=46.237565,6.109257&sspn=0.050818,0.088921&ie=UTF8&radius=2.13&rq=1&ev=p&hq=airport&hnear=&ll=46.237565,6.109257&spn=0.041557,0.072956&z=13
Anyone who has rented a car on the french side knows what a pain it is to navigate around that border!
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=airport&sll=46.237565,6.109257&sspn=0.050818,0.088921&ie=UTF8&radius=2.13&rq=1&ev=p&hq=airport&hnear=&ll=46.237565,6.109257&spn=0.041557,0.072956&z=13
Anyone who has rented a car on the french side knows what a pain it is to navigate around that border!
Topic last updated on 12-November-2009 at 11:31