A Sunday in Geneva September 17, 2017 A quick 7-hour pop over to Switzerland. Quiet place, Geneva! View fullsize Whizzing through the tunnel, destination Switzerland! View fullsize First view of the sleepy city: the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, a performing arts theater in the middle of the Rhone. View fullsize And the Cité du Temps, another event venue in the water. View fullsize The Ritz, in classic Geneva style. View fullsize Colorful Monument Brunswick. View fullsize It commemorates Charles II, Duke of Brunswick -- whom I'd never heard of until now. View fullsize An eye-catching sculpture sitting peacefully on a bench in the park. View fullsize One of the many bateaux, waiting to set sail on Lake Geneva. View fullsize A Swiss pigeon (or maybe he's French, on holiday) watching the world-famous Jet d'Eau. And wondering, what kind of landmark is this? View fullsize Selfie with the one-and-only Jet d'Eau. View fullsize Flags of many nations (states?) over the Pont du Mont-Blanc. View fullsize A man and his swan friend exchange the latest stories. View fullsize Nearby, many more swans try to listen in. View fullsize Getting up-close-and-personal with the jet. View fullsize A Mika, for scale. View fullsize The swan is not bothered by a bit of rain. He's used to mist from the jet, anyway. View fullsize Compact way to store everything -- including small convertible -- on your balcony. View fullsize Cute drawing in the sidewalk. View fullsize Ahh! Someone taking full advantage of his Smart Car! View fullsize A recumbent bike rider exchanges laughs with the Nissan Micra next to him; and the Micra thought *HE* was small. View fullsize A classic look for the Citizen Services Center. View fullsize Geneva streets! With the overhead cables, for both streetcars and buses. View fullsize More! Noticing a pattern? View fullsize Then we stumbled upon the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Genea's largest museum! (Quite the claim, for a city of population 195k.) View fullsize Had to stop briefly to play with the giant contraption inside the main hall. View fullsize A peek into the medieval room of arms and weaponry. View fullsize Looks warm and heavy to me! View fullsize We took this as an example of how we *won't* be furnishing our living room. View fullsize Next pleasant surprise: the Geneva street food fair. View fullsize Not quite what Bangkok means by Street Food, but cute. View fullsize Ah! This is where all the Genevans were on Sunday! View fullsize Looked like a pleasant day out - but not cheap street food! View fullsize Amen to this, Swiss brotha'. View fullsize Thai people are never too far away from street food, though. View fullsize Informative infographic! View fullsize The narrow streets of the old city. View fullsize Our first peek at St Pierre Cathedral. View fullsize Although it was completed around 1160, the befitting column facade was added in the 18th century. (What were they thinking?) View fullsize The grand interior. View fullsize It has a beautiful organ. View fullsize The first of many ascents in the days to come! View fullsize Great view from the top; what a flat city! View fullsize Mountains in the background. View fullsize Hello over there! View fullsize Nice view; worth the EUR 4. View fullsize From here, we can spy on the crazy Jet d'Eau-goers, who brought umbrellas. Does that help? View fullsize With so few residents, everyone can park his boat in the harbour! View fullsize The wheel, and more boats on the north side of the bay. View fullsize We were just on that bridge! View fullsize Spying on the pedestrians below. View fullsize Back down on the streets, Geneva looks awfully quiet. View fullsize Is everyone at the Street Food Festival? View fullsize Cute public drinking fountain. View fullsize With so few people, Geneva makes a great backdrop! View fullsize Did we mention that it was a quiet Sunday? View fullsize A very colorful tram! Hard to miss! View fullsize Practically twins - down to the finger. View fullsize Back to the same performing arts center where we began. View fullsize Well these sunflowers seemed out-of-place. View fullsize Didn't make it to the zoo, but wish we had; they seem to have some unique animals in Switzerland! View fullsize We did make it to the UN, however. View fullsize Grand building! View fullsize Ah - found the main entrance this time. View fullsize No - not standing in the middle of the street! Despite what it looks like. View fullsize The famous Broken Chair sculpture (symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs) ... but the broken leg is obstructed by the protesters!
