Slept til 6am this morning. Had to have the window open all night though so we wouldn't overheat as much.
At breakfast we were quite stressed because Mum had lost her jacket somewhere and we couldn't find it and noone had handed it into reception. But after breakfast we asked reception again and this time they had it. So that was a relief.
On the road at 9am, stopped at a rest stop for morning tea.
New Bechburg Castle
View across Yvonanad to Lac du Neuchâtel
Swiss countryside at the rest stop near Bavois
Rest stop near Bavois
Then onto Geneva.
Mountains northwest of Geneva
Lake Geneva
L'Adolescent et le Cheval by Heinz Schwarz
Geneva
We got to the city at lunch time and got dumped and told to entertain ourselves for an hour. So Glenda and Mum and I went for a walk along the waterfront. As you do. Lunch was ice cream. Sadly the fountain wasn't going as it was too windy :(
Floral clock
Boat on Lake Geneva
Pont du Mont-Blanc and Geneva
Swan on the Rhône River
Pont du Mont-Blanc
Geese by the Rhône River
Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie building
View west along the Rhône River from Pont de la Machine
After lunch went on a very meandering tour of Geneva by coach, then a very meandering tour of the old town by foot. Apart from the cemetery where John Calvin is said to be buried, the cathedral, and the Reformation Monument I don't remember much else.
View across Geneva to the Alps (Le Môle)
Brunswick Monument
Traditional grave of John Calvin's in Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings)
Grave in Cimetière des Rois (Cemetery of Kings)
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Museum of Art and History)
John Calvin College
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre Genève (St Peter's Cathedral)
Photo by Mum
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre Genève (St Peter's Cathedral)
Interior of St Peter's Cathedral
Interior of St Peter's Cathedral
Rose window in St Peter's Cathedral
Dragon carving in the choir
Interior of St Peter's Cathedral
Interior of St Peter's Cathedral
John Calvin's chair
Organ in St Peter's Cathedral
Cannon in The Old Arsenal
Julius Caesar arrives in Geneva
Roberto our tour guide in Geneva
Entrance to Geneva City Hall
Geneva City Hall
Gateway over Rue Henri-Fazy
Palais Anna et Jean-Gabriel Eynard
The Reformation Wall
Leaders of the Calvinist Reformation - William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox
Museum Foundation Tatiana Zoubov behind Guillaume Henri Dufour monument and fortification wall
Phare des Pâquis lighthouse
View across Geneva to the Alps (Le Môle)
View across Geneva to the Alps (Mont-Blanc is peak at far right)
Then back to the hotel to try and figure out what we're going to do tomorrow.
Dinner was at the Edelweiss restaurant nearby. Entrée was molten cheese, potato, onions and gherkins - cheeeese! Mains was salmon (nicer than the salmon we had the other night). Dessert was strudel (I was too full to really enjoy it).
Oom-pah band at Hotel Edelweiss
So I'd figured out a basic plan of attack for tomorrow (Gruyeres) when Heather said we should do Chamonix. Except I hadn't done any research for that had I?? So then it was back to the hotel to waste an hour of my life trying to figure it out. It was ten o'clock before I could even start my evening routine which means a super late night, on top of an early morning tomorrow. Tired and grumpy. And if we do go to Chamonix it'll be on a overpriced tour bus that doesn't get good reviews on TripAdvisor. *sigh* But how else are you supposed to get there? Trains are extremely complicated, as is driving yourself. I haven't even found a coach/bus service that goes from Geneva to Chamonix, and I'm too tired now to even think about it. *sigh*
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