Geneva

Visiting old friends and seeing our old hangouts!

Headed over the river - visiting our friends the Delebecque familyAt the Ludoteque - the toy library


The school playgroundWith Michele


The soccer court where the kids played a lotParc La Grange




Our old apartment - streetside view!At the Coop grocery store, very close to our apartment


The MigrosThe old Expedia office (it's moved, though)


It turns out we were there during the Fete de Geneve, which was unfortunate because it's basically a huge fair, with fair food and rides, which completely obscures the beautiful waterfrontThe pier for the Jet d'Eau (not turned on at this point)


Peter walking with MathisThe Baby Plage beach playground - a few things gone, the elderly man who built it and was always there has died, appparently. But it keeps on going! Here's a picture of Peter and Kenny on it when we lived in Geneva


In front of the musuem of Natural History. Apparently there's a white elephant city project on the top floor - a live reptile zoo - which is defunct, but they still have 2 or 3 people employed to take care of the anicalsThe Museum of Art and History


On the steps of the cathedralAt the cannons, in old town


Snazzy bike...


Walking along the waterfront in GenevaThe child-finger-biter swans (a child nearby was crying, had just gotten nipped when feeding the swans)


Bains des P�quis


On the ferry boat back (Kenny had just had a bloody nose)Parc des Eaux-Vives


Michele said that these strange structures were frequently put up to denote that a new building was going up, of this shape and size


The rose gardenDoing the scary ride at the fair


The Migros close to where I worked now has self-service checkout!Hanging out at our friend's apartment


They have an outstanding view!And from the other side, the Saleve


It was the evening of the F�tes de Gen�ve fireworks - a spectacular show, very artistic, and lasting almost an hourThe Promenade de la Treille - apparently the longest wooden bench in the world


Some of the old playground equipment there has been updated. Here's a picture of Peter and Kenny on it when we lived in Geneva.


Parc de Bastion


I remember this piece of playground equipment pretty well. Here is a picture of Peter playing on it when we lived in Geneva....and the chess players


It looks like they also have a go board nowThe playground at Parc Bertrand, very close to our temporary apartment. It was very hot, so there weren't many kids weren't playing there in the sun. Instead they were in the nearby wading pool.




Zipline at the old school playgroundThe kids really enjoyed running through this pit when they went to school here.


This is where we used to wait to pick up the kids, during the 6 weeks they were at the temporary schoolThe interior courtyard of our apartment block


The little courtyard in front of the garage entrance, where the kids would play soccer until an irate neighbor chased them away for making too much noiseThe playground at Park La Grange


The wooden ferris wheel was still operational! Though contrary to the Swiss reputation for precision, the scruffy youngsters who were running it had it open 20 minutes later than posted...




We were lucky enough to be able to meet up with Nadja and Eric and their kidsAnother view of the old apartment


...and...the door was unlocked, so we snuck in! This was right next to our apartment doorAnd this is the door -they've repaired the window


At the entry staircaseThe school the kids spent almost 2 years at - �cole des Vollandes


Dinner at Chez Ma CousineAt the Place du Bourg-de-Four


The Delebeques were so kind - they knew Eric had a problem with mosquitos, so they brought not one but 2 spray bottles of mosquito repellantBack in England - at the Manchester Airport viewing area