Geneva Visiting old friends and seeing our old hangouts! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Headed over the river - visiting our friends the Delebecque family | At the Ludoteque - the toy library | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The school playground | With Michele | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The soccer court where the kids played a lot | Parc La Grange | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Our old apartment - streetside view! | At the Coop grocery store, very close to our apartment | ![]() ![]() The Migros | The 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 waterfront | The pier for the Jet d'Eau (not turned on at this point) | ![]() ![]() Peter walking with Mathis | The 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 anicals | The Museum of Art and History | ![]() ![]() On the steps of the cathedral | At the cannons, in old town | ![]() ![]() Snazzy bike... | ![]() ![]() Walking along the waterfront in Geneva | The 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 garden | Doing 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 hour | The 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 now | The 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 playground | The 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 school | The 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 noise | The 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 kids | Another view of the old apartment | ![]() ![]() ...and...the door was unlocked, so we snuck in! This was right next to our apartment door | And this is the door -they've repaired the window | ![]() ![]() At the entry staircase | The school the kids spent almost 2 years at - �cole des Vollandes | ![]() ![]() Dinner at Chez Ma Cousine | At 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 repellant | Back in England - at the Manchester Airport viewing area | |