Last wednesday morning I left the beauty of Zermatt, took a 4 hour train ride and arrived in the overcast city of Geneva. The city kind of reminds me of Paris. On thursday it rained off and on through the day so I took in the most comfortable option for sightseeing - bus tour! I was not moved or impressed with what I saw, but perhaps it was because the weather was so poor? I made the most of it, it was great to be able to try and speak the little french I know....and of course I ate and drank in french style!
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| Rue Mont Blanc (on left) |
I did learn some interesting things about the city. Geneva is a commercial center along with many world and European head offices. Not only are the home to just about every watch brand you can think of, you will also find: The world health organization (remember SARS?), International labour office, World AIDS office, Red Cross originated here, World trade organization, European headquarters for the UN, Unicef and there is an Inter-Religion office too. They have representation of 300 religions in the one building! I can't imagine the dialogue that goes on within those walls....
I don't imagine too man 'warm fuzzies'.
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| 192 flags in front of the United Nations Office |
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| Standing on the Rhone River with the largest water fountain in Europe behind me |
The Holiday decorations were still up and were very impressive.
So the folks on this blog that are around my age at some point would have owned a SWATCH watch right? Swatch came alive in 1983 and takes me back to my grade school days. Everyone had one or 3 of them. I took a tour of the SWATCH gallery, home to almost 2,000 watches since 1983.
I was thrilled to find my very 1st swatch next to Angel D.
