Crazy people do exist in Geneva!

So I must have been very naive about moving to Geneva...I thought that people begging or talking to themselves didn't exist in Geneva! I was wrong.

Yesterday, it must have been "Crazy People Day-Out" day in Geneva - because it really felt like being back on 6th Street and Market - the only difference is that they are speaking French, German, English, Italian and some other languages I do not understand. So Geneva's crazy people are maybe educated (granted they didn't speak all the said languages at once!)

Also, what I have noticed lately is that a lot of people coming from Eastern Europe do beg on the tram. But they do play music for you. Mainly the accordion (did I ever tell anybody that I hate the accordion?). Although the other day, two people got on. One with an accordion and one with a stand-up bass. I could not see them since they were behind me. I thought: "Hmmm, pretty original". As I got off the tram, I noticed the stand-up bass: it was soooo hand-made, with strings that you use for hanging your clothes (you know what I am talking about right?) in fluorescent colors, and one string was made of the string you use to seal up a box. Unbelievable! Also they played American Songs like Tutti Frutti, Blue Suede Shoes...(by the way some of the words didn't make any sense!)... etc. It was rather unreal.

And tonite, as I was walking home and talking in English with a lady I just met at an expat meeting, we were approached by a homeless person (rather drunk) asking us for our papers in French, and telling us he was from the "foreign people police". He got quite a shock when I replied in French - I think he sobered up all of the sudden!

Have a great night,
Sabine