• Europe 2022 - 2023
    UN Building and the Broken Chair monument.
    1Fontaine des Quatre-SaisonsBrunswick MonumentA small park and the top of the Cathédrale de Saint-PierreA lotus flower in Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques1A green house in the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniquesMusée d'Art et d'HistoireAn Egyptian exhibit inside Musée d'Art et d'HistoireCathédrale de Saint-PierreA stained glass window inside the Cathédrale de Saint-Pierre2

    Geneva, Switzerland

    July 22, 2022 in Switzerland ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Geneva was our last home base in Switzerland. It's home to the United Nations, the CERN Large Hadron Collider and the Red Cross. Its location is interesting in that it's surrounded by France on 3 sides. It's situated between the Alps, Jure mountains, and Lake Geneva. As such, we once again had to quickly adjust to a language change, where previously most of the places we had been spoke Swiss-German, Genevans primarily spoke Swiss-French. Luckily Emily had taken 1 year of French high school.

    While we were here the temperature hit a record of 39.7 °C, breaking a record previously set in 1921 (38.9). Aren't we lucky our Hostel gave us a little table fan 🙄.

    It had some interesting sights such the Jet d'Eau, and number of free Museums like the Muséum d'histoire naturelle (Natural History Museum), Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Museum of art and History), Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève (Botanical Garden) and the CERN facility tour.    Read more