..chill...go out with friends...chill..Lake Parade...chill....sm:)e

So the the weekend started off with another short day on Friday because I have been taking some time just to relax and help my work-life balance. Essentially I work 40 in 4 days anyways..so I have no idea why I need to take a 1/2 Friday on the books ;-) I started Friday by just going food shopping and then coming home to chill. Around 2 I headed out into Geneva to look around and actually buy an Ipod Nano. KK bought me a cool Nike Ipod hook up to track my training for the Escalade which I will run in December. I walked a little around Geneva, bought a 2G and a shirt. I stopped for a beer and then back to home. Pedro and I were going to hook up so I wasn't sure what the night would bring and it went like this...Pedro runs late, we go to Ethno to meet Pierre and girlfriend, head to another bar...close it, and then for some reason head to the squat district which was actually cool. It is an area of town with make-shift bars. We actually went to a private party there and met some cool people. It was a late night but really fun catching up with Pedro.

The next day I woke up and just did the Carouge things. Marche for some "pain" and "viande" and just chilled. P and H called me around 4 and I headed off to meet them. We started at Lady Godiva for a beer with H as P got his hair cut. We then headed to P's place for a little swim. P has a great place and a sick view!!!!
After a swim at his pool we got ready and had a drink with Mitch, one of our friends. It was finally time to go to the
Lake Parade so we grabbed the 9 bus and headed. The Lake Parade is like a small version of the Berlin Love Parade. We headed down to find a mob. This place was packed...body to body...but we grabbed some McDs and headed to meet up with some friends. We chilled in the English Garden and had some cocktails and food before heading into the madness.

Mitch was flirting with a friend of ours so he thought is was a good idea to arm-wrestle...I have no idea how this broke out!

After the arm wrestling extravaganza it was time to head off. The Lake PArade ends in Eaux Vive and they set up stages, food tent, and essentially a huge party. The boys enjoying!

The crowd:

After some cocktails, food, and a little dancing I headed home around 2. It was a good time, but with the natural beauty of Geneva I am not sure this is the place for this...next year I am 50/50. One bad thing about the night was that I got my Ipod and sunglasses stolen. Another pickpocket strikes at a Geneve "fete". I guess I need to just be a little more careful...I have my wallet on a chain now ;-)

Sunday was a down day that started with huge thunderstorms. May saw some 20 something days of rain.June another 17. July is starting out strong with 98.0mm accumulated. So it was a day to relax. I cleaned the flat, went for a quick walk for some bread, and watch Federer win Wimbledon ...the bells rang for about 5 minutes when he won..very cool... As always another cool weekend filled with something new...GG