Anything on the Swiss side of Lake Geneva is ludicrously expensive, as in: makes your eyes water. I've been in Switzerland for work for the past three years and still feel like breaking into tears at the cost of my weekly shop every Friday.
La Rochelle is amazing. Went there on honeymoon. You must check out Il de Re - there's some amazing harbour-side seafood restaurants with the most amazing freshest produce ever.
Lake Geneva is breathtakingly beautiful. There's the lake, of course, with lovely "beaches" (no sand), water sports, ferries to ride to pop over to France. Lausanne, Montreux, vineyards, mountains, the freshest air you will ever breathe. A view of snow topped Mont Blanc. Sunsets over the Alps. We used to live there, in the summer it's like paradise. A very expensive paradise.
