Davin Chahal: My Trip to Geneva

Studying in London has been nothing short of amazing so far and it just keeps getting better as I make more friends. However, last month me and my friend Cody decided to ditch London and head to the International Auto Show that was being held in Geneva. We are both avid petrol heads and this is the event where auto manufacturers go to introduce their upcoming models. As soon as it was announced that Ferrari and Lamborghini were both going to reveal their latest projects, there was no way we were going to miss it.

 

Geneva is the French speaking part of Switzerland and neither Cody or myself could speak a great deal of French. However, we didn’t really think twice and booked our flights such that we only had to spend one night at a hotel and save some money. We caught a cheap Easy Jet flight into the main airport and literally walking distance outside of the airport was the Geneva Palexpo. We simply just followed signs that had a picture of a car and said “L’auto” on it. When we got in we spent hours fascinated by all the latest cars and took picture after picture. We were one of the first ones in and the last to come out! We were so proud of the fact that we got to see the new Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren etc. before any of our friends back home did.

 

 
 

The following day we had a good 7 hours to kill before our flight, so we did some sightseeing and really got to see how beautiful Geneva is. After seeing the world’s largest water spout and the United Nations building we headed back to the airport when some guy had offered me and Cody free passes to the auto show. At first we were skeptical, but they actually looked legit. So we thought we would try them out just for the hell of it and sure enough the automatic barriers allowed us straight through! We lost track of time and spent another 2 hours in the auto show before rushing through the airport trying to catch our flight. Luckily we barely made it! I would definitely recommend to future travelers to pay more attention to detail when planning a trip instead of just “winging it” like we did. Sometimes though, the best trips are the ones least planned.

 

Davin is a 3rd year Bachelor of Business Administration student who studied abroad at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, UK.