My best friend from college (and Makenna’s godmother) lives in Geneva, Switzerland and is due with a baby boy in December. Yesterday she had a baby shower at her apartment, so we headed to Geneva for the weekend.
There is no Starbucks in Clermont, so I had to make a trip to Starbucks when we arrived in Geneva. There is a new Toasted Graham latte so I was excited to try that, but apparently it’s only in the US. But no worries, I got my beloved Pumpkin Spice Latte!
The baby shower wasn’t until 5pm, so after Starbucks we headed to Bois de la Bâtie, which is referred to as the “forest in the middle of the city”. In it there is an animal park with goats, sheep, mini horses, donkeys, wild boars, birds, peacocks and owls. I’ve been wanting to take Makenna to a zoo and this has been the closest we could get to it since there are no zoos nearby. I think I enjoyed it more than she did, but she liked saying “baaaa” to the sheep and looking at the birds.
Later on we went to Claire’s for the baby shower and met some of her friends and family. Some of them spoke English but we tried to speak French and we did pretty well! Makenna had a great time playing with balloons and getting attention from everyone. It was more of a party, as here they don’t really do baby showers. I actually had to explain to Claire’s dad what a baby shower is and why we call it a “shower”, and they were surprised it is so common in the US. People don’t usually buy much for the baby until after it’s born because they feel it can be bad luck.
This morning we had breakfast at a local boulangerie and drove back home. It was a fun weekend and we can’t wait to meet Claire’s little boy!
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