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January 8, 2019
Geneva, 2019 JHarwood
Arrived in Geneva!
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
Well I’ve arrived in Geneva, and it’s my first trip of 2019 and country number 37!! 🇨🇭🗺✈️
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Geneva, 2019 JHarwood
La Rade et Jet d'Eau
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C
Started my day with the Geneva water front with a lovely walk along the La Rade! This included seeing the Jet d’Eau, literally a jet of water, pretty accurate when it’s 140m water fountain. The walk gave beautiful views of the new and old side of the city, a really lovely start to my time in Geneva!Read more
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Exploring the old town
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
After walking around the water front I made my way to the old town and explored the beautiful narrow streets and amazing old buildings, so much history!
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St. Peter Cathedral
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
What a historic cathedral this was. Built between 1150 and 1230 as a Roman Catholic Church for Geneva, it later became the centre for the reformation in the 1500 and still to do this day as John Calvin’s chair, one of the orchestrators of the Protestant reformation. Amazing to see after studying it for over a year!!Read more
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Geneva, 2019 JHarwood
Reformation Wall
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
Sticking with the reformation theme here by visiting te reformation wall, built as a monument to all those involved. But it is absolutely freezing so the next thing I’m doing is definitely going to be inside!Read more
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Museum of Geneva
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
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Museum of Art and History
January 8, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌧 3 °C
Last stop of the day at the museum of art and history escaping the cold and rain while learning more about this amazing city!
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Tour of the United Nations Geneva
January 9, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ❄️ 1 °C
Starting the day with a tour of the United Nations in Geneva. This place was originally home to the League of Nations between WW1 and WW2 but subsequently became the home of a number of the institutions that make up the modern day UN.

After full airport style security and an immigration style security check (no I’m not a terrorist, no I haven’t been to the likes of Syria), I was in and able to explore the grounds before heading inside for my guided tour.

The tour was fanatic and due to it being a quiet day at the UN we were able to visit all the main rooms! This included the home of the original general assembly and the original offices of the League of Nations. This compared to the newest state room, which is home to an amazing ceiling of art. Changing colour we’re ever you are in the room, the art work is designed to show that the same thing can be different depending on your location. Thus emulating the most important thing about the UN, the difference of opinion and the need to reconciliation and agreement.

The tour finished with a beautiful view of the lake and the mountains leading to Mount Blanc, oh and fair load of snow!Read more
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The International Red Cross Museum
January 9, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ❄️ 1 °C
Next stop of the day is the International Red Cross Museum.

Directly opposite the main building of the UN is the International Red Cross museum, a fantastic museum full of the history of this international institution.

The highlight was the original Geneva Convention document and the archive of World War I prisoner documents.

Definitely worth visiting and increased my knowledge on the history work of the Red Cross!Read more
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CERN
January 9, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Visited the scientific wonder that is CERN, really fascinating museum that explained all about the work that is done here, really interesting, but went right over my head haha!
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France!
January 9, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Just to say I did it, I walked into France!
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Geneva at Night!
January 9, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Sunset walk along the lake and then finished up with seeing the city at night, wonderful end to a great day!
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Walking Tour
January 10, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
First stop on my last day in Geneva is a walking tour led by history students at the local university! Was a fantastic tour, lasting nearly 3 hours and took in all the major sites, some I’d seen and some I’d missed! Great way to see the last parts of the city.Read more
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Lovely Mountains!
January 10, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌬 1 °C
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Italian village of Carouge
January 10, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ 🌬 2 °C
This was a small village that existed outside of the Geneva walls and during large parts of history was actually part of Italy as a city state. The influence of Italian culture and architecture can still be seen today.Read more
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Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
January 10, 2019 in France ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Back to France I go and this time to a tiny town on the border! Lovely to see how quickly the architecture changes just by crossing an almost invisible border. Time for a coffee and something to eat before heading back to Switzerland.Read more
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Final Stop!
January 10, 2019 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Finals top on my tour is Geneva’s Cathedral and one of the tallest parts of the city! This was an amazing way to end my time in the city and a great way too see just how beautiful this place is!
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Trip end
January 10, 2019