The Waiting Game... 5 days to go.

It seems unreal to consider that in just 5 days, Bryan and I will be on our way to JFK to connect with our flight that will take us to Geneva. This trip has been in the works for months and all of the plans have just been finalized in the last few days... For those of you who haven't seen a map of our upcoming trip or haven't heard me explain incessantly and annoyingly, all the particulars of how we're getting to and fro... I finally get to detail it all out to you on "paper." Lucky you. Here goes the first chapter... Stay tuned for more episodes and be sure to add your email to subscribe to this blog and read about everything I'm eating...
There's a small sliver of Switzerland that sticks into eastern-central France. At the tip of that sliver, is Geneva, where we begin our adventure. Since our trip is going to take us to 5 locations, all in smaller towns, a rail pass would be expensive after all of the transfers are added. So early on, we decided that our best course of action would be to rent a car and pony up for the exorbitant cost of gas... This would also allow us to take little day trips out to small villages and possibly get lost, seeing as we will only have paper maps... God help us. Someone recently told me that there are worse things than getting lost in France. She's probably right :) 
While researching for countless hours, a little-known tidbit that I came across is that the Geneva airport has both a Swiss side and a French side, since it literally straddles the two countries and apparently renting a car from the French side is about half the cost because everything is so bloody expensive in Switzerland. But they don't make it easy for you... One thread I read online said that unless you know what you're looking for, it's near to impossible to navigate your way through to the French Sector. Thank you, kind sir, for the detailed directions from baggage claim and customs...
So we arrive in Geneva on Tuesday morning at 9:15 which is, of course, midnight here. Hopefully the Ambien will have done it's job and we will be ready to tackle the airport and rental car counter... I wonder if we'll get any hassle when I try to decline the hideously expensive rental car insurance plan...

First stop... Annecy, France and hopefully fondue!