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The weekend starts late with brunch beneath trees in the Italianate patio garden or kitchen-style interior at Carouge's Ô Calme. The place is still hip, still comme à la maison despite the recent name change from CALM to ô calme. Then it's into town for a saunter around the left-bank parks and gardens. Check the time on the Flower Clock in the Jardin Anglais, and pop into Passage Malbuison to watch 13 chariots, 42 bronze figurines and 16 bells fancifully dance in the hour. Lunch is a languid affair at Soupçon or another cafe on the same Old Town square. What shall I do this afternoon? Visit the Cathédrale St-Pierre and boutique-hop? Dash beneath the world's tallest fountain, the Jet d'Eau, in the middle of the lake? Or view extraordinary art in the form of cutting-edge cross-media in a converted 1950s factory at MAMCO and priceless precision timepieces at the Patek Philippe Museum?
The Swiss eat earlier than the French. And tonight I do too: I've snagged tickets for the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande at Geneva's one-time riverside pumping station, my all-time favourite opera/music/dance venue - the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices. I dine at . A legendary fondue au crémant at the Bains des Pâquis will do the trick.
Author: Nicola Williams
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