Geneva, Switzerland

Eiffel Tower from the plane window:IMG_4116 In the Aeroport Geneve:IMG_4149 Oddly tall, skinny cans:IMG_4165 Lac Leman:IMG_4167 The ceiling in one of the conference/debate rooms at the UN:IMG_4171 IMG_41755 franc coin:IMG_4176 and a 1/2 franc coin:IMG_4187 RBC!:IMG_4188 Sad we didn’t get up 😦 :IMG_4189 TOBLERONE MCFLURRY:IMG_4190 We were feeling pretty ballin’ with our 200 franc note. Also the notes are so pretty, and not monarchy-related!:IMG_4197 Pounds, euros, and francs, oh my!:IMG_4199Water skiing allowed on Lac Leman:IMG_4407
Jet d’eau:IMG_4426 IMG_4415 THIS is what London needs on the gates to its parks!:IMG_4405 All the parks have these cool Hobbit-esque doors in their brick perimeters:IMG_4392The chair:IMG_4441United Nations:IMG_4437 IMG_4446 IMG_4448Old U.N. building:
IMG_4449 New U.N. building. Seems backwards to me, too:IMG_4450 IMG_4451 The various marbles were donating by different countries:IMG_4454 IMG_4455 IMG_4457 IMG_4458 Really awful picture, but the doorhandles are from the League of Nations, donated by Switzerland I believe:IMG_4460 Geneva museum:IMG_4462 Museum of blown glass. Absolutely gorgeous on the inside but no pictures 😦 :IMG_4467Notre Dame Basilica. Wanted to compare it to Notre Dame Cathedral. This is a little more modest:IMG_4472 IMG_4474 Bright signs for watchmakers and banks abound:IMG_4476 IMG_4478 IMG_4481 Christmas came VERY early to Geneva:IMG_4483 Woke up on day two to a rainbow:IMG_4490 Winery in the Swedish countryside:IMG_4491 IMG_4493 It’s hard to see, but on the top of that mountain there’s a thing sticking up. It’s the telepherique du Saleve:IMG_4495 Tree growing around the bars:IMG_4497 The little town that the Bodmer Foundation is in:IMG_4499 IMG_4508 From Martin Bodmer Foundation, looking over to Geneva:IMG_4511 IMG_4516 IMG_4517 IMG_4519 The walk back over to Geneva:IMG_4526 IMG_4529

Interesting weather:IMG_4538Old Geneva, the bit that survived all the fires:
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IMG_4583 St. Pierre’s miniature:IMG_4584 Ancient city replica:IMG_4586 IMG_4589 Cartier’s gift-wrapped building:IMG_4602

Le Saleve:IMG_4605 The Swiss/French border:IMG_4612 Chris, standing in two countries at once:IMG_4615 The little French town that’s at the bottom of Le Saleve is the prettiest:

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The bell tower tour:IMG_4639IMG_4631IMG_4644 IMG_4650 IMG_4667IMG_4687 IMG_4697 IMG_4707 IMG_4718 IMG_4731 IMG_4732Oldest toilet on planet Earth?:
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And finally, our flat, 3D TV included!:

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