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Weekend i Genève
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- 30 nov. 2019 09:52
- ☀️ 1 °C
- Hoogte: 395 m
- Zwitserland Genève Vieille-Ville Musée Barbier-Mueller 46.202095, 6.14636146°12’8” N 6°8’47” E
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Bonne anniversaire André!
30 november 2019, Zwitserland ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Vi firade ju in Anders lite redan på sena kvällen/tidiga morgonen med de glada tyskarna (vilket kändes av lite senare på morgonkvisten när det var dags att stiga upp...) - nu blev det lite mer ordnat med flagga, skönsång och paket samt utan ginochtonics!Meer informatie
Reiziger Tack kära hustru för uppvaktningen med skönsång och presenter. Du är bästast ❤️
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Reiziger Inte bara Grattis på födelsedagen, även grattis på namnsdagen 🥳 Så vitt vi kan läsa oss till så kommer julen att slaska i Sverige detta år.
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Reiziger Grattis hot little mess 🥰🥰🥂
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Carmel Carlsen Via Francigena - part 1
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- 19 jun. 2023 17:41
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Hoogte: 388 m
- Zwitserland Genève Vieille-Ville Musée Barbier-Mueller 46.202661, 6.14748646°12’10” N 6°8’51” E
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Post walk: +1 - Col du Gd St Bernard to
19 juni 2023, Zwitserland ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Before I left the Pass this morning, I popped over to Italy, enjoyed the amazing views, was lucky enough to see a mountain goat, and met up with another two Australian pilgrims: Cathy and Geoff. They were starting out on the first stage of the Italian leg. I took a taxi down the mountain to Orsieres, then took a bus (train replacement) and train back to Martigny, where I was able to quickly transfer to the Geneva express! I am sitting in my hotel room now relaxing and reflecting on my time in Switzerland. I like pretty much everything about Switzerland; there are services all around you. I never had to worry about a place to stay or what I would be eating. Obviously, the landscape is phenomenal, and everywhere you look, you can see something beautiful. I have included some photos of Paulette, Alison, and Matt (the Californians), and I have included some of the lovely pieces I saw in the hospice (as well as the church itself). P.S. as a reflection on my entire walk: my gear was first class - thank you to all my BMC friends for your wisdom and advice (it made all the difference). I'd also like to send a shout-out to Andrew T. Not only was he a great walking companion, but he was also a source of ongoing invaluable advice as he forged ahead of me on the Path - thank you, Andrew 😊Meer informatie
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Reiziger Stunning photos of lake Grand Saint-Bernard, amazing light, love the pole door handles! Noticed it's 29 degrees, a heatwave whilst it's really cold at home, especially in the BM and some snow at Oberon late yesterday. It was great you made some VF family 🫶 Enjoy Geneva before flying home, time to reflect on the past 60 days , what an amazing journey and pilgrimage Carmel. 👏👏🤸🤗
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Carmel Carlsen Thank you very much, Carlene. Yes, it was really warm when I got here yesterday. Though thunderstorms are expected today!
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Reiziger Congratulations on ding such a phenomenal trip. Love you heaps ❤️
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Carmel Carlsen Thanks, Katy. Take care
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Interrail2022
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- 23 jul. 2022 23:50
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Hoogte: 393 m
- Zwitserland Genève Montbrillant 46.214436, 6.14600146°12’52” N 6°8’46” E
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Day 3🇨🇭 part 2!
23 juli 2022, Zwitserland ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
After the peak view, we went looking for a coffee and somewhere to have our sandwiches from our beloved COOP!
Then we decided to descend back to Col du Pillon. Again the view was beautiful going down. After that we had to catch trains with our final stop being Geneva (don’t get mixed up - we were in Genova, Italy, now we’re going to Geneva, Switzerland).
Before that though, I wanted to make a stop in Montreux to see the Freddy Mercury statue. We only had half an hour between trains so we ran to the statue and then back to the train station! Quick stop but exactly what we wanted. We’ve also started to get used to the rucksacks so it’s not much of a problem for us anymore to carry them around.
So that was day 3! Progress in our pass statistics!Meer informatie
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Interrail2022
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- 23 jul. 2022 07:00
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Hoogte: 400 m
- Zwitserland Genève Prieuré 46.214909, 6.14589246°12’54” N 6°8’45” E
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Day 3🇨🇭
23 juli 2022, Zwitserland ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Woke up in Lugano at 6:00. There was a train leaving for Les Diablerets at 7:00 - for that destination we had to change 4 trains, and it took a total of 6h and 18m.
The first train was Lugano-Zurich, and I’m mentioning it because it passes through the world’s longest railway tunnel, at 57 kilometres and takes 20 minutes to do so! Our goal today was to get to Glacier 3000 and that’s achievable only by going to Les Diablerets, getting a bus to Col du Pillon and from there the cable car to the top of the mountain. Glacier 3000 is a Swiss company that operates different cable cars in the area, and this particular one is a bridge from two different peaks at 3000 metres above sea level. The “peak walk” as it is called, is the only suspension bridge connecting two peaks!
The weather today was cloudy and misty but at least not rainy. The altitude made it a bit hard to breathe in the beginning but after walking a few minutes we got used to it. We were the first in our group of cable car on the peak walk so we got a bit of time for ourselves for photos and enjoying the view. In the beginning I was a big scared of the bridge cause I was only looking down (first ever thing NOT to do on a nearly transparent bridge) but then I got used to it. We got to the opposite peak and the view was beautiful. The wind was rather cold though - we were dressed correctly but there were people in shorts and we felt sorry for them 😂.

Continuing part 2!!Meer informatie
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Reiziger Fantastic
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Reiziger You would’ve been good on that Mum!😂
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Exploring in #Awe
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- 18 okt. 2023 21:29
- 🌧 15 °C
- Hoogte: 424 m
- Zwitserland Genève Meyrin Cointrin 46.226943, 6.10549446°13’37” N 6°6’20” E
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Geneva for a couple of hours
18 oktober 2023, Zwitserland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
We fly home tomorrow. We arrived at our airport hotel around 4 and jumped on the free bus toward the Old Town, did a brisk walk to see the beautiful Saint-Pierre Cathedral and grab a quick bite. I’m behind on photos and stories from the past few days but I’ve been hiking to the Edge of The World and more… so I have a good excuse. I wanted to get some of these photos up before I close my eyes.

Geneva is a lovely city. It does not feel crowded and I saw virtually no graffiti. It seemed clean with no trash in the streets. People are dressed so nice with gorgeous coats. They drive like madmen and between the cars, motorcycles and bikes you have to really watch crossing the street. This mom was at a busy intersection with her very tired looking child. I can’t imagine transporting my child in this traffic!Meer informatie
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Reiziger I hope you both have a restful evening and a wonderful flight back home. Safe Travels! You’ve been so generous in sharing your European adventures with us! I have loved being part of this! Thank you! Blessings! 💞🙏
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Reiziger O thank you.
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Reiziger Traveling mercies for your return 💕 (as my granddad would say)
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Reiziger ☺️
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Europe 2022 - 2023
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- 19 jul. 2022 10:41
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Hoogte: 1.424 ft
- Zwitserland Genève Meyrin 46.233333, 6.05546°13’60” N 6°3’18” E
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CERN Large Hadron Collider
19 juli 2022, Zwitserland ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today we got to see the CERN Large Hadron Collider. By "see it" we actually didn't see anything that cool. The LHC is actually 100 meters underground and has restricted access. It is underground because the radiation it produces needs proper insulation, and that was the most cost effective alternative to building a large concrete structure around the experiment. So needless to say, no one is often "down" there observing anything. At least not during the experiments. All the data is collected by sensors and computers

The goal of CERN and the LHC is to reproduce hard to naturally observe scenarios regarding particle collision and to observe, and accumulate anti-matter. Its most famous recent discovery was the Higgs boson.

The equipment used to accelerate particles was actually built little by little as the LHC is only the most recent addition. Previous accelerators such as the Protons Synchrotron and the Super Protons Synchrotron (SPS) are smaller and work in series with the LHC. The smaller accelerators speed up hydrogen particles before releasing them to larger accelerators. The LHC is the final step (before collision) and can get the particles up to top speed.

Here's a 5 min video that explains this better than I probably can.
https://youtu.be/oWpy0SAAI6EMeer informatie
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Reiziger a few other interesting facts. the large collider is 27km long (circumference) and the particles that traverse through it go at 99.9999% the speed of light. Roughly 11,000 rotations on this 27km circular track per second.
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Reiziger A future use for the Rt128/Rt93 loop?? they are smashing stuff out there every day. I know...I know... you're lucky if reach 25mph out there.
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Reiziger haha
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Reiziger Rolling on East
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- 10 apr. 2024 16:07
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Hoogte: 430 m
- Zwitserland Genève Meyrin 46.233631, 6.05619446°14’1” N 6°3’22” E
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CERN is the second
10 april, Zwitserland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Here I found myself at my second particle accelerator on this trip, at CERN the largest in the world. There's a shiny new science exhibit, which showcases the ambitious science and engineering that happens here.

The art exhibits were quite trippy. I got sucked into the high dimensions of the glowing mobius.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Rolling on East
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- 8 apr. 2024 19:48
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Hoogte: 490 m
- Frankrijk Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Sergy 46.252484, 5.99180646°15’9” N 5°59’31” E
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Happy birthday Sparsh!
8 april, Frankrijk ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
I rode the train to Geneva, where I was met by Sparsh. She cycles between France and Geneva each day for work, so she's a kindred spirit. Schopper carefully observes her bicycle, and approves of the same good tires.

We ride back straight towards the Haut Jura mountains "until we can't anymore". This is where I shelter from the storm.

The next day is Sparsh's birthday. So her boys Ayu and Kiran, with all the fuss that it entails, blew up balloons and 'helped' Patrice put together a surprise for mom. A joyful little family moment.

Sparsh reminds me I can't call her a kiddo anymore. 🙂Meer informatie
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Reiziger I see you resting up in Geneva…
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Europe 2020
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- 15 mrt. 2020 17:29
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Hoogte: 416 m
- Frankrijk Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Moëns 46.254074, 6.11687246°15’15” N 6°7’1” E
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Coronacraziness
15 maart 2020, Frankrijk ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
And then there was one... Well we were pretty lucky, we got to do everything except chill in Abu Dhabi on the way home thanks to this mad mad world! We had our last day in the slopes in Switzerland on Friday then they closed it, then last day on the piste in France yesterday, then they closed it. Seams like everywhere we’ve been they shut it down as we leave??? Sitting in my hotel having 2 minute noodles & tuna, ghost town here in Geneva, can’t even buy a crossiant! Oh well I’ve got microwave popcorn to make & 2 bottles of French red to drink! Oh & 3 rolls of toot paper to waste 😁Meer informatie
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Reiziger And then it was Spring!
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Reiziger Travel safe my lovelies. This virus is causing hysteria everywhere. I hope you all get home without incident. Luv ya's xx
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Reiziger Der Weg nach Santiago
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- 25 apr. 2023 10:32
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Hoogte: 331 m
- Frankrijk Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Seyssel Vens Torrent le Fier 45.936667, 5.84166745°56’12” N 5°50’30” E
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Grüne Idylle
25 april 2023, Frankrijk ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
...erwartet uns auch auf der heutigen Etappe. Die Wanderung auf der Via Gebennensis verschlägt mir jeden Tag aufs Neue die Sprache. Etwas, womit ich nach der Schweiz definitiv nicht mehr gerechnet habe. Die Landschaft hier ist anders, keine Frage, aber definitiv von umwerfender Schönheit.Meer informatie
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Reiziger Compostelle 1800m😂😂😂
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