I can’t say that we have “done” Geneva, but we damn well made sure we saw as much as our legs could take! By the end of the day, our feet were so painfully sore I had to hobble around our Airbnb to cook dinner.
We were in luck however, with our whistle stop trip corresponding to that of the highlight of the Geneve calendar, L’Escalade festival. It is a weekend where the citizens of Geneva celebrate the failed attack by the Duke of Savoy in 1602 by wearing historical costumes of the time, musket and cannon firing, Pike displays and much more! Many children were dressed in costumes reminiscent of Halloween, and ran around the city having a great old time!
During our walk around, and enjoyment of the Festival, we took in the sites of the Jet d’eau Fountain, St Peters Cathedral and we became deeply acquainted to Genève’s Old Town with many hours spent wandering through the beautiful streets. We even managed to catch The Reformation Wall on our wander through Bastions Park on our way home. We had a great Airbnb, which while expensive on my tight budget (just over $100AUD a night), was brilliantly located to the Train station, and was walking distance to the Old Town.
Getting the Cauldron (Marmite) ready
The white blobs light up at night
Sweet counterweight mechanism on this double spit
Old Town water fountain
The streets of Old Town
Heading up into the old Town
The veggie soup is getting made
Sweet looking detail on the pike
In the old Town
A christmas looking shop
The shop window full of Cauldrons
The pedestrian bridge over the Rhône
A droopy Vin Chaud kiosk
C’est magnifique
The Genève Christmas tree
Pikeman looking orderly
A christmas looking shop
The bridge over the Rhône
Our smashed cauldron – the chocolate of course was amazing
The Captain that helped save Genève
Nice looking building
Fancy dress seemed the order of the day
Genève and Chocolate go hand in hand
The river Rhône
Much merriment
The Deputy Hangman making small talk
Part of the Cathedral
Liked how this hotel looked
Winter Blossom?
One of the watch towers
Geneva looking Christmasy
Wall of Pikes
River Rhône
And again…
Entry into the Cathedral
And the best steps to watch the soldiers
Christmas is coming to this Hotel
And they march on by
The spire from the Cathedral peeking out
Getting busy in the Old Town
White blobs during the day time …
The Jet d’eau Fountain – doing its thing
And lets get into this
Pikemen and Musket men looking menacingly at each other
Playing Quidich in the park
Another shot of the Jet d’eau Fountain
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