The Escalade parade and bonfire
The Swiss have this city-wide celebration, spanning 2 weekends, and clearly core to the identity of the place. The Escalade main event was today, and boy is it dark. The story of the granny and the...
View Articlethe most Swiss day yet…
…and I didn’t have anything to take photos (how is this possible in 2011-almost-2012 for blogger-with-kid?) So I will take the thousand words that a photo would have spared us… just kidding, but let me...
View ArticleHorse jumping at the Palexpo
this one at the huge Palexpo conference center. The jumping was world-class (it turns out) with the EU lead competing. And it was Christmas-y Because it was Geneva, and world class, and right before...
View Articlethe 2 sides of losing stuff in Geneva
On one hand, everyone has a pickpocket story (if you don’t please please please learn from our experience and watch out — this reminds me that I meant to write up “what to do in case of pickpocketing...
View ArticleA photo essay on river architecture
The most amazing building. I have included how to get in (apparently, although I still couldn’t) and their phone number. If you call and set up an amazing event there, would you please invite me?...
View ArticleParking reserved
This parking lot is possibly the most ‘nations’ of Geneva, the most international little town.
View ArticleNONE SHALL PASS! (says the swan)
Swan close-up, standing her ground at Bain des Paquis.
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