Les Grottes is an area of Geneva directly above the train station (Gare Cornavin) of interesting architecture known as Les Schtroumpes, or The Smurfs, as well as another set of buildings called The Caves (after a river that used to flow through here). It's also a bohemian neighborhood with tagged buildings, run-down areas, impromptu sculpture,… Continue reading Les Grottes
Month: May 2016
Subways in Lisbon
Lisbon and Spain • March 2016 / #6 Start here, with the Lisbon Metro map. Our hotel was on on the Saldanha stop, where the red and yellow lines intersect, and it was a giant station. In our few days in Lisbon, I think we came out every one of their several different entrances, always… Continue reading Subways in Lisbon
Hotels in Spain and Lisbon
Lisbon and Spain • March 2016 / 4 How do you write one post and include all the hotels? I'll give it a try. I already did toiletries in their bathrooms, so now it's just how we slept while on the trip. There's more variation in this than one might imagine. Hotel Olissippo Saldanha Av. Praia… Continue reading Hotels in Spain and Lisbon