Saturday, August 6, 2011

First impressions





Landed safely and somehow found my way to a little hotel run by the Salvation Army. It is clean and small in the European way and I have started exploring. An awful lot in Geneva seems dedicated to the Reformation, especially in the old city. There is a lot of "John Calvin was here." I did manage to find a lovely creperie in the shadow of Geveva's 'Uncle Peter church" aka the Cathedral of St. Pierre.

Lunch is a buckwheat crep avec jambon, gruyere and mushrooms. It is served like a pizza. I can hear the church bells and carillons playing on the hour. There are actually a couple of concerts this weekend which might be worth checking out.

As for the cleanliness, the contrast is not quite as great as all those years ago but I did snap a picture of a series of recycle bins, in a public park and all the correct materials were in the correct bins. Green class from white, papers separate. Don 't see us Americans getting there any time soon!

1 comment:

  1. That's is so cool you are in Geneva now. Take lots of pictures!

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