The sun shone this entire weekend in Geneva which makes me
happy to say that we have finally turned the corner into beautiful, hot summer
weather. On Saturday, a new (intern) friend and I went to see the Geneva
Sailboat Regatta, but were a bit late heading out the door and ended up by
Baby-Plage instead, enjoying the sun and watching some young kids really kill
it water skiing on the lake. Seeing everyone out in bathing suits and summer
dresses made me incredibly happy- finally, some summer weather! My friend, who
is from Nigeria and has lived in Rome the past five years, found my enthusiasm
about the heat rather amusing. I suppose that’s what happens when you live in a
climate where you get only two, maybe three months of summer heat every year. Your excitement when you can finally wear that new sundress you bought
at the end of last season, so many months before, becomes a bit overwhelming. And having spent the last
three weeks in rainy, cold Geneva weather, I had lost the energy and excitement
that comes from living in a new place for a summer. But this weekend, amid the
sand and sweat and sun, I found it once again and fell in love with the city all
over again.
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| Carousel by the lake, and so many people enjoying the sun! |
Today I went for a run, mid-day, in the wonderful,
sunny, heat. The heat doesn’t make for an easy run, but it definitely makes for
a rewarding one, and I’ve always preferred running in the heat to running in
the cold (sorry Canadian winters, but you just don't cut it for good runs).
Over the years I’ve fallen in and out of love with running too many times to count,
but running along Lac Leman today reminded me of all the reasons I love to
run. I even enjoyed the hill at the ¾ mark of my run, though painful and sweaty,
because I’ve always felt it is in the most uncomfortable moments on runs by
myself that I am reminded of my own independence and power.
What will you fall in love with this week?
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