Eiffel Tower from the plane window: In the Aeroport Geneve: Oddly tall, skinny cans: Lac Leman: The ceiling in one of the conference/debate rooms at the UN: 5 franc coin: and a 1/2 franc coin: RBC!: Sad we didn’t get up 😦 : TOBLERONE MCFLURRY: We were feeling pretty ballin’ with our 200 franc note. Also the notes are so pretty, and not monarchy-related!: Pounds, euros, and francs, oh my!:Water skiing allowed on Lac Leman:
Jet d’eau: THIS is what London needs on the gates to its parks!: All the parks have these cool Hobbit-esque doors in their brick perimeters:The chair:United Nations: Old U.N. building:
New U.N. building. Seems backwards to me, too: The various marbles were donating by different countries: Really awful picture, but the doorhandles are from the League of Nations, donated by Switzerland I believe: Geneva museum: Museum of blown glass. Absolutely gorgeous on the inside but no pictures 😦 :Notre Dame Basilica. Wanted to compare it to Notre Dame Cathedral. This is a little more modest: Bright signs for watchmakers and banks abound: Christmas came VERY early to Geneva: Woke up on day two to a rainbow: Winery in the Swedish countryside: It’s hard to see, but on the top of that mountain there’s a thing sticking up. It’s the telepherique du Saleve: Tree growing around the bars: The little town that the Bodmer Foundation is in: From Martin Bodmer Foundation, looking over to Geneva: The walk back over to Geneva:
Interesting weather:Old Geneva, the bit that survived all the fires:
St. Pierre’s Cathedral:
Cool thing spotted in a courtyard:
Creepy artefacts at Maison Tavel:
St. Pierre’s miniature: Ancient city replica: Cartier’s gift-wrapped building:
Le Saleve: The Swiss/French border: Chris, standing in two countries at once: The little French town that’s at the bottom of Le Saleve is the prettiest:
The bell tower tour: Oldest toilet on planet Earth?:
Ominous:
And finally, our flat, 3D TV included!: