People / Nightlife

The nightlife in Geneva is relatively tame.

Every night we have gone out to blow off a bit of steam. Friday night last week we went out with a Scottish guy here to a local pool hall to shoot a bit before heading over to an Irish pub for live music.

In Asia and South America, folks are pretty interested in talking to us. It was typically a bit rare for Americans to be in some of the places we had been, so the conversations ran more along the lines of "What are you doing here" and "How do you like it..."

In Europe, they have their fair share of Americans and we are nothing special. In talking to folks here "on the street", the fall into 1 of 2 categories: 1) Oh, American... or 2) Oh, American -- (insert anti-Bush politics here).

In the office, everyone is really nice. The folks on our team usually do their own thing for lunch or dinner - but are pretty good in the meetings. They are much more formal here, so I am working a nice little balance of getting what I need by having the correct manager in the room to reason out the requirements assuming I can't get what I want from the direct staff.

Tonight (Sunday) we are going out with a Scottish guy back to the Irish pub as they play the NFL games live. With the time change, the first game starts at 7 here. Knowing what this is going to be like -- I have already done all of the work for Monday morning as I figure I will be worthless until about 9.

The people in the office have also been very helpful in suggesting what to do on weekends. However, I did uncover a conspiracy between Herve and Coby to prevent anyone from talking to me about Mont Blanc -- which is just a few miles away and visible from the office window. Apparently, you can take a tram 2/3 of the way up to the top. They were hoping I wouldn't find out. I did -- but got vetoed until the spring thaw.