Lake Geneva

About Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France. It is one of the largest lakes in Western Europe and the largest on the course of the RhΓ΄ne. Sixty percent of the lake belongs to Switzerland and forty percent to France.
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When the poets Shelley and Byron went on a writers' retreat to Lake Geneva in 1816, the hotel opposite them hired out telescopes to their guests so that they could spy on them.
from No Such Thing As A Million Dollar Bill, 2016-08-26 at 00:20:53 Β· read transcript
Other times Lake Geneva came up
No, no, no. It does appear in Frankenstein as well, by the way, Evian. He will go as soon as honeymoon there, I think. That's right, yeah. Wait, Dr. Frankenstein. Yeah. Really? He goes to Evian, yeah, so Mary Shelley literally puts the town into the book. Phil Collins has a house on the banks of Lake Geneva. Get out. Does he? What is that? That's surprising. I just, I'm happy I know it. OK.
514: No Such Thing As A Computer Tower, 2024-01-18 Β· listen
He goes on his honeymoon there, I think. That's right, yeah. Yeah. Wait, Dr. Frankenstein? Yeah. Really? He goes to Evian, yeah. Mary Shelley literally puts the town into the book. Phil Collins has a house on the banks of Lake Geneva. Get out. Does he? What? Is that that surprising? I just, I'm happy I know it. Okay. I just looked up people who live near Lake Geneva.
No Such Thing As A Computer Tower, 2024-01-18 Β· listen
They went to Lake Geneva in 1816. They were following in the footsteps of one of his novels, which was called Julie. Wow. It's set at the eastern end of Lake Geneva. They were going on a bit of a, I don't know what the term is, where you sort of recreate.
No Such Thing As Magical Fox Phishing, 2026-02-19 Β· listen
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Coordinates: 46.4500, 6.5500