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.
The pedestrian bridge over the Rhône
Our smashed cauldron – the chocolate of course was amazing
C’est magnifique
Fancy dress seemed the order of the day
Getting busy in the Old Town
And again…
The veggie soup is getting made
The white blobs light up at night
And they march on by
White blobs during the day time …
Sweet counterweight mechanism on this double spit
One of the watch towers
A christmas looking shop
Pikeman looking orderly
Old Town water fountain
Pikemen and Musket men looking menacingly at each other
The Deputy Hangman making small talk
The streets of Old Town
A christmas looking shop
River Rhône
Another shot of the Jet d’eau Fountain
Getting the Cauldron (Marmite) ready
The river Rhône
In the old Town
Playing Quidich in the park
Winter Blossom?
Nice looking building
Geneva looking Christmasy
Heading up into the old Town
The Captain that helped save Genève
The spire from the Cathedral peeking out
The bridge over the Rhône
Christmas is coming to this Hotel
A droopy Vin Chaud kiosk
And the best steps to watch the soldiers
The Genève Christmas tree
Entry into the Cathedral
Liked how this hotel looked
The Jet d’eau Fountain – doing its thing
The shop window full of Cauldrons
Sweet looking detail on the pike
Genève and Chocolate go hand in hand
Wall of Pikes
And lets get into this
Much merriment
Part of the Cathedral
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