Geneva

On our way to a week long trip in Chamonix we spent a day in Geneva. Geneva is a very nice little European city. No one I know raved about it. When the city’s industry is the UN, the Red Cross, selling watches and Swiss banking, one is left with a rather bland city. Yes the old town is nice, the Cathedral is impressive, especially considering that Calvin originated here. So what started as a Catholic cathedral is now reformed Protestant. There are some incredible gothic features, like this spire, which is magnificent.Or incredible stained glass windows. In order to make up for the magnificence of the church, there were all kinds of posters about Protestant theology. What do you think people were paying attention to?This is about as good as it gets here. Knowing me, I started to pay attention to the small details. Signage is something I love, when your hotel is named after a swan, having a golden swan is perfect.This is probably a sign for a clothing store.Look down, the escape room fad has arrived here, what caught my eye is of course the owl.There are some pretty ornate canons out on display. Some of the Gothic designs on the wall of the Cathedral.modern decorations on a building.Of course, the famous lake.Surrounded by the Alps. We did see Mont Blanc above the clouds, but I didn’t get a picture.Not many street performers, these bubbles were fun.I stumbled across the Brunswick Monument. it’s Gothic, I tried to find out some information, meh, someone important got an impressive mausoleum.very nice details, don’t really care to know who he was.I guess we missed the flower clock, we saw the sculpture called broken chair.  This city was never on my bucket list, now it’s been there done that. Now Chamonix! Hat is a whole different story.

Leah

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