Thursday 7 July 2011

There are 133 hotels in Geneva - 10 of which are 5-Star "deluxe". My hotel of choice on this trip is d'Angleterre - part of the Red Carnation group. The General Manager - Jacques Favre - is an old friend ... and is a thoroughly lovely human being.

The hotel is on the Quai du Mont Blanc (you can see the mountain on a clear day) and overlooks Lac Leman - the largest in Europe. The river Rhone runs through it ...

The Lac is dominated by the Le Jet d'Eau ... 140 metres of fountain! Awesome!

I am VERY happy in my suite. Up on the 3rd floor ... superb views ... beautiful weather (& people) ... hmmmm ...

The hotel dates back to 1872. My suite once housed Michael Jackson for 2 months ... he apparently wrote the lyrics to one of his albums on the wallpaper. Of course the whole hotel/suite has been totally refurbished. The hotel has 45 rooms including 6 suites.

The day has been fun ... drive-ups, food (cheese with the Executive Chef), concierge (Emilie), suite reviews and filming on the roof! BRILLIANT!

It's going to be another wonderful day tomorrow!

Up on the roof!
Jacques ...
Champagne & Cigars!
Exec Chef - Philippe Audonnet
Concierge - Emilie Garnie
The lovely Bar!
Hotel d'Angleterre
 
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