Geneva

One of the great things about Switzerland is the cities are small. Geneva has a population of only about 200,000, which means you can walk around and see a lot of the city on foot. This is basically impossible for the massive metropolises we've been visiting so far (Cairo, Seoul, Beijing, Taipei).

Some people will be glad to hear that one of my missions today was to get some Swiss chocolates to send back to Veeva. If you don't get any blame Abhay. 🙂

Local chocolatier
Small farmers market downtown
Famous watch brands all over downtown
Jet d'Eau, if you zoom in you can see people walking underneath it
Little boy taking a family photo
I went a little closer, but you get drenched in a hurry if there is a gust of wind. It shoots 132 gallons of water per second.
Kids in a park

As the sun goes lower it makes a rainbow in the Jet d'Eau.

Hard to see but there is a rainbow in the background

We didn't go to the UN office, it doesn't seem all that interesting to be honest. Actually a place I was interested in which is nearby is CERN. They do high energy physics experiments with the Large Hadron Collider there that might destroy the world. Just kidding, but if you are worried you can check the status here. It is also a birthplace of the World Wide Web (link to first page on the web). Unfortunately they are not currently offering tours to individuals, although they used to. Oh well.

-David

 

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