It was the worst of times, a seemingly endless winter, spent wallowing in a heap of weepy romantic comedies, DVD box sets and watching my neighbour's cats put on weight (one of them has got to be pregnant). The bleakness was relentless, the boredom was terminal. There appeared to be no repreive in sight.
And then, like a ray of sunshine that had fought a seemingly unwinnable war with the bank of clouds slouched over the Geneva skyline, and won, there emerged ....a whisper of hope (theme music)
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you.... hold your breath...Vitam Parc. Positioned as a "Centre for Bien Etre", it is -
a) At a 15-20 minute drive from Geneva City Centre (just out at the French border, near StJulien)b) An indor aqua zone, with heated full length swimming pools, indoor and outdoor whirlpools, and water slides for the kids
c) A gym, squash and badminton court open until 10 pm in the night.
d) An indoor rock climbing area.
e) A Migros that is open till 9 in the night
f) A designer Macdonalds and three other cafes that you might actually consider sitting down and eating at.
g) A website and a customer service with working level knowledge of English.
They tell me the place gets pretty crowded on the weekends. It's close enough that you could be in Geneva, but it has thankfully precious little that is Swiss about it.
Maybe I can survive this winter without tearing my hair out after all.
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