The Tourist

J has played the tourist while school exams have been on.

She has met up with other Australian exchange students for sightseeing.

They were going to catch the train to Lausanne but to pay 84Fr return was too much, they decided, so stayed in Geneva.

They did quite a bit of snooping around Old City.

J went up the tower again. The first time was for city celebrations and it was too crowded to enjoy. Plus, the peeling of the bell must have shortened the amount of time she wanted to spend there.

The United Nations building was shut for Christmas so she just got a photo from the outside.

The World Health Organisation Headquarters has a Nauvoo flavour about it with all the statues symbolising different issues.

The picture below concerns the eradication of smallpox.

J attends a school with an International Baccalaureate curriculum. The headquarters are in Geneva. All exams are set from here.

They had a quick look in the Town Hall. The only thing that inspired J was the Globe.

A brief stop outside the University of Geneva then onto the famous Cathedral.

Underneath the Cathedral is a archealogical type museum.

Now let's go underground!

Then it was onto the Wall of Reform.

There are statues of the men who were crucial to the Reform.

The Wall from a distance

I have to say here, that I bought J a camera that had  a sweeping panorama feature.

It is the only model under $500 which has it.

I see it has come in handy here.

Now to the Museum of the Reform.

Geneva was the centre of Protestantism.

When persecution was rife in England and other parts of Europe, people fled to this region.

The Studers have been collecting nativity pieces over a number of years. Yesterday while messaging J on Skype she told me she needed to go and help set it up. Back she came because they couldn't find the pieces. I went to bed. In the meantime they must have found them. I woke up this morning to see pics of it set up.

I see they get it right! No snow. Not like my heathen creations that have to have snow.

This is a real Spring setting.