Evian les bains

Today evening, Gaurav and me took the boat from Ouchy to go to Evian across the lake. And we were in France. Both of us had proper visas, but was curious to check if we would be checked. Sure enough, while boarding the boat, the police just pulled us up from the crowd and checked out passpost/visa. My US driver licence dint work; tried it while entering france by road, and it had worked. So, had to show passport and visa, et. al. Boat trip was 45 min, and it was a fascinating view of the lakes and the shores.
Reaching Evian, we went around the city, entered a casino, had some amazingly bad and costly Thai food, and then it started raining. Spent an hour under a tree by the lakeside before catching the ferry back to Ouchy. Gaurav commented - that the people of France did not seem very friendly, even compared to the Swiss people. I guess in small non-touristy towns, this happens. Encountered it in the villages of wild west Texas too.