such a perfect day

so here i am again. revisiting madame geneva's backyard. the parks and the avenue de la paix.

i entered swiss on saturday from strasbourg france through land frontiers near basel. across the river rhein, welcomed with a smile by the majestic mountains and rolling hills of the cantons. seven years ago this place was a meeting point between twenty five young souls who came from different countries. we stayed then for about three weeks at madame remy's bed and breakfast.
never thought at all that i would one day make my way here.

almost seven years later, now, the broken chair monument's still there in front of the united nations headquarter. the old city, the bridges and the fountain remain the same, except now the water is much colder. the river rhone that goes to france, the trams, the swiss clocks that decorate the city... all are like they used to be.

i wished i could see freddie mercury's real "made in heaven" statue in montreux, overlooking the lake at sunset from the lake geneva shoreline. i don't think i have time to come there this time. i also tried to absorb the feel of the "smoke on the water" song of the deep purple, in which they said that they came out to montreux on the lake geneva shoreline to make records with a mobile.

but anyway, yesterday was particularly a perfect day for me. one of the best weekends i've ever had. i sat on a bench looking at the lake leman as blue as the sky. no clouds either in the sky or in my head, just swans swimming and spray from the giant fountain.

lou reed's "perfect day" was a right soundtrack that describe my weekend, "when problems were left alone and we're just weekenders on our own..." hohoo..

... i really thanked God alhamdulillah for that wonderful sunday...