Our plane arrived on a fine afternoon, and we came in over the Lake Leman. We decided to stay at the Holiday Inn beside Geneva Airport, and settled in on the Fifth floor, with a room facing west with the airport and the mountains. The lake is on the eastern side.
May God smile on you today,
Elizabeth
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Tuesday we started exploring by taking the bus to the city centre. We walked across the bridge called Pont du Mont-Blanc and around the lake, to try to get a good photo of the Water Spout. These swans were resting after finding lunch.
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Geneva is on the frontier with France. The Police Station oversees the Lake. We discover the water spout and the sun are conspiring. The rainbow was an unexpected pleasure.
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We returned to the city centre to purchase Travel Cards for the week, and visit the Tourist Information Centre. We knew Fabiana and Mirko had a shop in Boulevard Carl Vogt, so decided to take the shortest route, past this statue and across the Pont de la Coulouveniere.
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The bridge provided another view of the water spout. Public transport is by trolley bus,tram,bus, train and boat. These are approaching, the motto here is 'Look left'.
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The street cleaner - specially adapted to cater for the tram lines.
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We found our Lunch place, and met Mirko, husband of our 4th cousin. The damp day drove customers indoors.
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Kebab House with protected seating for customers enjoying the outdoors. Nearby we found this pavement mosaic. Swiss dogs are obviously literate - sign reminds them 'Je ne salis pas les trottoir!'
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